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| - | [* black] Our 2.5 mm nut driver makes a rare appearance (you may remember its role in the [guide|48170| |
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| + | [* black] Our 2.5 mm nut driver makes a rare appearance (you may remember its role in the [guide|48170|stepid=107879|new_window=true])—we need it to remove the nuts holding both the logic board its shield screws. Thanks to our [product|IF145-452-2|iPhone Marlin kit|new_window=true], we're covered! |
| [* icon_reminder] Strange screws aside, we hope the iPad team will take some notes here: incredibly-thin computers don't ''have'' to have [guide|115457|all their internal components glued down|stepid=222044|new_window=true]. | |
| [* black] The logic board is a narrow rectangle, housed in the controversial chin of the iMac. It's roughly the same size and shape as the board in the [link|https://www.ifixit.com/News/46884/m1-macbook-teardowns-something-old-something-new|fanless M1 MacBook Air we found last year|new_window=true]. | |
| [* black] Unlike the one in the MacBook Air, this M1 is actively cooled by a pair of fans. [link|https://youtu.be/JdBYVNuky1M?t=1420|Each fan blows inward across the logic board|new_window=true], where the heatsink is pulling heat away from the M1 with a combination of a copper heat pipe and two short heatsinks. | |
| [* black] We'll circle back later for a closer look at those fans. But now that we've got a bare logic board, let's zoom in on that first! |