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Diode mode readings are identical between the two USB ports.
I forgot to mention that along with the three CD3217s, I had to replace UF650 due to a short on PP3V3_S2_LDO.
This 820-02536 came in with 2 of 3 CD3217s shorted. I replaced all 3 CD3217s from a donor board, along with the 2 TBT ROM chips (U5560, UF260). Now the machine is fully functional except for the data line on USB port 1. Charging works on this port and it provides external 5V, just does not mount...
All pins on UD200 measure good - identical to a known good board.
On battery power alone, the AON rails (PPBUS, PP3V8, PP1V8, PP3V3) are steady but all other power rails cycle (turn off every second).
The battery connector was internally shorted. Removal of the connector removed the short. Now onto getting a new connector and back to testing with a good battery.
I just found out that PPVBAT_AON_CONN is 15Ω to ground. When I inject 3V into PPVBAT_AON_CONN, the only thing getting warm is the CPU. Does that make any sense?
This 820-02536 presented with areas of liquid damage in the R_SPKRAMP area near UN000. I removed two corroded caps that had shorted PPBUS_AON and PP1V25_AWAKE_NAND to ground.
Now, connecting a charger gets PPBUS of 12.3V and 5.1 on USB-C. The charger gets to 20V but as soon as it does, the...
All tests were done with battery connected; that's how I found out that the board restarts with every plug/unplug of the charger cable.
PPBUS is 12.3V, then as the Apple logo shows it drops to 12.0V.
The startup process is interrupted by either USB-C resetting spontaneously, or by unplugging...
This A2681 2022 board came in with liquid damage in the PP5V_S2 area and some other small spots. After cleaning, I replaced a misbehaving UC300 and the machine now chimes and starts up. Trackpad and keyboard are nonfunctional, but I’ll troubleshoot that separately.
The main issue is that...
This logic board had a shorted Ocarina power supply chip U9580. After replacing it, both NAND chips for SSD1 are getting hot and show multiple shorts to ground. It don't have a donor board at hand for NAND replacement. What's the best way to convert this board to only use SSD0 (I assume with...