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got a 00165 which came in no with only green light. opened it up and it had screw was loose on MLB connected to L1290 which was melted. took the coil off tested both sides to make sure not short and replaced it. it now it has quarter fan spin. im assuming this is gonna be a dead pch but can...
Took a second look over the board & noticed u8295 getting hot. Removed the chip and Pin 5&6 were short (PP3v3_s0_left)
Used an infrared camera and sent 1.8v through the line and it led to C2991(PP3v3_TBT_X_S0). Removed the Cap but short is still present.
The USB gets power but no communication/activity.
None of the big CPU coils get voltage on them
L7900: 1.2v
L8410: 3.3v
L7960: 0.95v
L8000: 1.0v
PPBUS_G3H: 11.34
PP3v3_sus: 3.29
PP3v3_G3H: 3.3
PP5V_S0: 5.1
CPUCORE_BOOT1: 4.8V
CPUCORE_BOOT2: 4.8v
CPUCORE_BOOT3: 4.8v
CPUCORE_BP1: 4.8v
CPUCORE_PHASE1: 0v
CPUCORE_PHASE2: 0v
CPUCORE_ISNS1_N: 0v
CPUCORE_SW1: 0v
There is USB Activity
I have not tried a known good bios yet
Client brought in a macbook - 820-00928 that wasn't turning on.
It takes in 20V .1A- .8A fluctuating on all 4 ports
Liquid damage on U3906 area
No Voltage on Big coils
Cleaned up corrosion
Lifted U3906 removed corrosion.
With a new known good battery it takes 2-3A - cpu doesnt get hot...
Pram reset done with 3 chimes
Also tried with a new SSD with a fresh OS.
SMC is a little dirty underneath, could that be causing an issue? I can reball, if you think its worth a shot.
Have a 820-00165-A Board a customer brought in. Track pad will sometimes stop working about 5 minutes after full boot. If it gets past 5 minutes with it working it will stay on until a full restart. Only happens in the first 5 minutes within logging in
corrosion on the Track pad cable -...
820-00281A board came in with a liquid spill on keyboard over right side speaker mesh. No sign of corrosion or damage on board. Macbook powered on normally.
Replaced faulty right side speaker. On boot up it now forces you into "A critical software update is required.... Cant be used until...
not getting any fan spin. r1410 is only reading 7.7k ohms. i took the resistor off and it read 10ohm. I replaced it for fun but went back down to 7.7ohms and still no fan spin.
should i change q3000 and smc to fix maybe?