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I have a macbook air U7100 is hot, drawing a total of 39ma.
I have replaced U7100, what would be a good next step for troubleshooting?
PP5V1 CHGR VDD 5v
PP5V1 CHGR VDDP 5v
CHGR DCIN 17.9v
CHGR_BGATE 1.2v
CHGR_UGATE 8.77v
CHGR VCOMP R .78v
PPDCIN G3H CHGR 17.85v
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F7140 Pin1 8v...
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Board looks to be in good condition. Customer described as having trouble starting machine this week, now doesn't start at all.
What we get...
=PPBUS_G3H 12.5v
=PP3V42 G3H REG 3.42v
=PP3V3_S5_REG 3.3v
=PP5V S4 0v
=PP5V_S3 0v
=P5VS4_EN 0v
= PM SLP S5 L 0v
= S5 PwrGd 3.3v
=...
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No caps lock or other signs of working.
I did get it to display the apple folder icon once but not seen that again.
Installed a known good test SSD which gets very hot.
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Macbook Air - replaced screen and tested backlight works OK
When I power on after disconnecting battery the "Bong" sound goes repeatedly, untill I restart once, then it will "turn on" normally but with no display.
Nothing on the display best I can tell, even with torch in the background...
Sorry, I don't do that many board repairs. Maybe 20 a year.
I have tried SMC in bypass mode with no change. i.e. I still get the power pulse and no fan spin.
I will give up on this board for now. Thank you for the help.
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Thank you for your help so far but I am not understanding.
What do you mean by SMC mode? Do You want me to check the coils again in that mode?
How do I Trigger SMC_ONOFF_L ?
Kind regards
James
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In SMC bypass mode the board does the 3 second thing.
(Just checking, hold down power, plug in magsafe, hold power button for 10 seconds, release) Fan immediately spins but ony for a second.
I'm not 100% sure what you mena by " all big coils; especially PCH/CPU. " but this is what I've...
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No power supply connected with Diode Mode.
"With no battery connected no boot / fan spin."
- With no battery connected, the laptop does not do quarter fan spin, or boot in any way.
Computer was "fine" before customer brought it in.
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Quarter fan spin when battery connected.
With no battery connected no boot / fan spin.
PPBUS G3H 8.2v
PP3V42 G3H 3.4
PP5V S5 5v
PP3V3 3.3v
I replaced capacitors C1992 and C1902 as they looked damanged
Thanks in advance.
James