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board has no liquid damage. i have changed out wifi card with known good and the board does not detect the wifi.
pp3v3 - 3.3v
pp3v3_s4 - 3.3v
AP_reset_conn_l - 3.3v
i've watched paul daniels video about 3 times and i guess i really don't have the pacience for reballing. is there anyone in us that would be willing to reball about 10 smcs for me? of course i'd be willing to pay.
PLT_RESET_L pulsing? - 0v not pulsing
Did you try to start in SMC bypass mode? - yes no difference
j6100 - is very clean
Check all SPI Bus Series Termination resistors and their traces. - checked all traces and everything looks good. only trace i found was broken was to r5177, repaired that...
got a water damaged 00165 that has fanspin but does not boot.
cpu vcore - 1.7v
ppbus - 8.6
what other lines do you need? I'm completely lost with this one. is this damaged cpu?
removed d6950 and completely lost connection to pin 3 on the port. ran a trace to j6951, replaced d6950 and now all is working. looks like a loose connection. thanks for the help :)
820-00923 was liquid damaged and had a shorted cap on ppbus that i replaced. laptop turns on but does not recognize the battery. have tried new battery still same issue.
Board came in clean no liquid damage no power no orange light and no pp3v42
u7000 was getting hot, replaced it and now have pp3v42 but no orange light and no ppbus
u7000 pins
1-15.4v
2-2.3v
3-4v
9-0v
12-3.4v
13-3.4v
14-0
15-.052
17-.052
19-3
20-3
27-16.5
found the issue. smc_reset_l was giving me issues. r5100 was half solder on the board, retinned the pad and replaced the resistor and all is working now.
tried with new flex and board,
no corrosion on j9500 pins
pp3v42 - i have 3.417v
i tested continuity from j9500 to smc testpoint for sysonewire
smcbc acok -
820-3437 came in with liquid damage. pp3v42 was short and u7090 was corded. swapped it out and got orange light along with fan spin. thew it in the ultrasonic and now don't have orange light again. i tried changing u7100 but still no orange light. i checked diode mode on u7100 and no beeps...