I got a unit in today with the issue reported as "doesn't see battery; "x" over battery; issue is on-and-off". Figured it was going to be the usual dying SMC, pretty typical. I got the board out and noticed that someone had "repaired" the primary speaker connector (next to the iSight connector) on the board. Their fix was simply to bridge all 4 pins and call it a day. It didn't cause any immediate issues for them I guess, however, I was wondering if this could in any way be related to the reported battery-detect issue? I ask, because I didn't test the board with the obviously-fucked speaker connector, and once I did test it, after properly replacing the speaker connector, I'm not noticing any battery-detect issues. Of course, dying SMCs can be inconsistent (work/not work before finally not-working at all), however I'm wondering if the speaker connector pins being bridged (and knowing the SMC is partially related to audio output) may have been the cause of (or at least related-to) the battery-detect issue, and NOT the SMC. Is this possible, or totally unreasonable? I've had SMCs fail in a way that audio didn't work, so I was wondering about this situation.
I'm going to monitor the unit for a few days to see if the battery issue pops up, and would normally replace the SMC "to be safe", but since the speaker connector issue is a part of the scenario now, I figured I'd ask in the meantime.
Thanks in advance!
I'm going to monitor the unit for a few days to see if the battery issue pops up, and would normally replace the SMC "to be safe", but since the speaker connector issue is a part of the scenario now, I figured I'd ask in the meantime.
Thanks in advance!