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I've never swapped a bios before, I know theres stuff to do to get it to work correctly, but do you mean just straight swap for now just to test for boot?
PPBUS is exactly 8.6v - PM_SLP_S4_L jumps to 3.3v about 3 seconds after connecting the charger but doesnt do it again until you unplug and plug back in
Hi all, I have another 820-00165 with no fan spin after liquid damage. Traces of liquid near SMC, U7701 and U3210.
Ultrasonic cleaned, jump wire from C3286 pin 1 to pin 18 of U3210 as the test point between them had nearly vanished.
U7701 removed and replaced as it looked bad and I couldn't...
It pisses me off that there are so many shitty companies out there, happy to steal peoples parts and shit like that. It baffles me how they stay in business for more than a few months.
Well it looks like I was a little lucky with this one. After removing and reballing the SMC, it now shows the magsafe and even fired up! All rails are there and seems to be fine. On to the next. Please mark this as solved as I'm assuming I can't do it.
I’ll check tomorrow. Removed the SMC to check for crap under it, but it looked fine. I’ll put it back on tomorrow and check SMC_RESET_L
There was a bit of corrosion near the SMC, one test point was fkd so had to jump it but nothing major. (This was all prior to posting) Not reflowed the SMC up...
Hi, I have another 00165 board that has had liquid damage. Cleaned and had magsafe light for a while but wouldn't spin the fan.
I left it for a few days while I repaired others, but when I came back to it, its back to no magsafe again.
PPBUS_G3H = 8.2v
PP3v42_G3H = 3.4v
PPBUS_S5_HS_COMP_ISNS...