820-00165 Liquid Damage No Boot

iguystechshop

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I have an 820-00165 board that has been liquid damaged and does not boot. MagSafe does responds (green, then amber). Looking at the board under the scope showed significant damage to pins 3 and 4 on LVDS. Found corrosion on U3210 and burn marks on C2385 and C3211. No continuity from U3210 pin 18 to C3285.

Started going through power rails and found everything was there until I got 0V on PP3V3_S4. So I replaced U3210, C3285, C3286, and C3211 from a donor board. Jumpered U3210 pin 18 to C2385. Still 0V on PP3V3_S4.

Suggestions on how to proceed?
 

dukefawks

Administrator
You are fixing thunderbolt which has nothing to do with power on.

Is 3v3 present on L7560? If yes check carefully if there are pulses on L7520.

Inspect the usual U6100 area and the termination resistors in the data lines. Check PPVRTC and U1900 for corrosion. Check U1950 pin 8 for corrosion.
 

iguystechshop

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You are fixing thunderbolt which has nothing to do with power on.

So even though those IC's are on the 3V3_S4 rail that has now power, it was a waste of time working them with regards to solving the no boot situation?


Is 3v3 present on L7560? If yes check carefully if there are pulses on L7520..

3.3V on L7560. Constant 0V on L7520, sampled for about 1 minute.


Inspect the usual U6100 area and the termination resistors in the data lines. Check PPVRTC and U1900 for corrosion. Check U1950 pin 8 for corrosion.

U6100 and surrounding components look good. Had looked at those earlier based on some other threads, but checked them over again. Same with U1900 and U1950.

PPVRTC measures 3.3V
 

iguystechshop

New member
I could have sworn I already checked PP3V3_S4 for short to ground and it wasn't, but right now, it is short to ground. Perhaps it wasn't before I replaced U3210 and U3220.

Regardless, do I now inject power into that rail and find the hot spot?

UPDATE: Only shorts to ground with MagSafe attached. I feel like an idiot for having to ask...but if that rail was really shorted to ground, wouldn't it show up short regardless of whether it's to attached to MagSafe?
 
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