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Did you run ASD EFI?
Not Yet
Is the original BIOS of the board?
No, as the board was doing quarter fan spin those past weeks, I've decided to write another one and cleaned ME and rewrited the SN with the medusa......
But thta's right, as the board is now turning ON, I can piut back the original...
The board is starting after a PCH reflow but here are the issues I've noticed after reassembled everything together:
Very slow to load OS even on external SSD
Self Shutting down if the wifi card is plugged in, or stays ON if 4 antenna cables disconnected but shuts down when connecting to...
Yes the PSU delivers 12V, but we only need 12V? , no other signal like SMC_ACDC_ID?
With the CMOS coin cell removed:
PP3V3_G3H_RTC: 3.295V
PM_PWRBTN_L reacts (drop from 3.404V to 0.340V) when triggering SMC_ONOFF_L by shorting C600
But still the board doesn't start ( fan not spinning )...
Led501 ON
PP12V_G3H: 12.09V
PP3V42_G3H: 3.416V
PP12V_S5: 12.09V
PP5V_S5: 4.979V
PP3V3_S5: 3.294V
No S4 State when triggering the power button.
PM_SLP_S5_L not pulsing when trigger on SMC_ONOFF_L / PM_PWRBTN_L
PP3V3_G3H_SMC_VDDA: 3.416V
I'm suspecting the PSU but I don't have a spare one to...
Hi ,
Passed that board in the UC, and the board started few times but without PPVCORE_S0_AXG_R but PPVCORE_S0_CPU_PH1 and PPVCORE_S0_CPU_PH2 were present.
finally the board started to act like before: quarter fan spin.....
I will reflow U1800 again and see
Hi,
Just to let you know that the problem is fixed.
Now with the board ON it's pulling almost 3 Amps, CHGR_BGATE stays low and pulsing like before.
I can see the percentage rising quite fast.
I fact, I think that in all the things I did, one of them solved the issue except that the battery was...
I checked the resistance R17/18 and it's ok: around 3 Ohms.
I've seen like a short between pin 15 and 16 of U7100 and reflowed as shown in the attached pictures, I've also resoldered J6950, but it didn't solved the issue.
I've noticed that with the battery completly empty I'm reading 8.55V...
Yes OSX reports percentage
Yes it's starting with the battery alone
I'm using a battery charged at 70%
Board OFF with Battery Only:
CHGR_AMON: 0.00V
CHGR_BMON: 0.049V
Board ON with Battery Only:
CHGR_AMON: 0.00V
CHGR_BMON: 0.100V
Board OFF with Battery and Charger:
CHGR_AMON: 0.660V...
Hi Team,
I've this board that is not charging , no sign of WD, and already swapped battery
With the battery connected and the board ON :
ppbus: 8.37V
activity on SCL and SDA lines
pin 4 of Q7155 is mesuring 0.969V then pulsing to 8.35V in cycle.....which doesn't allow the battery to charge...
after U1800 reflow , the board is now turning ON during 15 seconds then stops........
I don't remember if I already passed it in the UC.......I think that it will take a bath in the UC......
I'll let you know thanks
Hi 2 Informaticos,
SMC_PM_G2_EN is present but it's disapearing after quarter fan spin or power pads being pressed....so I follwed the signal up to SMC and SMC_PM_G2_EN.
Question: Is there any signal/rail upstream before SMC that triggers the SMC_PM_G2_EN? in other words what signal, the SMC...
reballed SMC same behaviour:
sometimes quater fan spin and everything pulses or no quater fan spin but I have to short the pads to have the pulse and quarter fan spin after what I'm loosing S5 state because of No SMC_PM_G2_EN.
In that "mode" the battery is not charging because CHGR_BGATE is...
I'm quit lost on this issue, and I don't really understand how the display/backlight is managed by this architecture......
I've noticed that even withh the display/backlight working, I have NO power on those GPU Coils/Rails I've mensionned before......2Informaticos could you please explain me...