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Hi all,
interesting one here,
board looks perfect, no liqued damage and seems the board has never been removed.
green/orange light
ppbus_g3h 12.61V stable
after you plug in charger
fan spin, image on screen, backlight turns on.
i can even sometimes do a ASD test. (wont finish) turns off...
oke this is i think the issue but stil wants some thougts about it
if i tap C160Z the machine gives the artifacts random shut down, or no boot. even 3 beeps like ram issue............
i am gone replace it now and see how it goes....
btw replacing with tweezers and no hot air, dont want to...
Came in for repair, it gives the bloks like in the picture when you hold/press the bottem plate.
sometimes it also boots very slow
pictures are like hold(blocks) let go no blocks
ppvrtc_g3h 0.000volt replaced u1900 then 3.4v
PP5V_S5 0.000v
P5VS4RS3_EN 0.000v
S4_PWR_EN 0.000v
pm _slp_s4_l missing
pp3v3_s5 also missing
after replacing
C5120 and R5127 because they look back
i get pp3v3_s5 for a short moment and also fan spin.
after few second the pp3v3_s5 drops back...
no response on pram reset mouse light wil dimm a little bit but wont turn off, tested on 3 keyboard+cables
bios replacement with pram reset bios? to reset then replace right?
came in precleaned....
green light then orange.
ppbus_g3h 8.18volts (same as on working board from other MacBook)
Mouse lights up
PPVCC_S0_CPU 1.803v stable
PP5V_S0 5.12v
PP3V3_S0 3.332volt
missing
PP3V3_S0SW_LCD 0.000volt diode 0.532
U8300
PP3V3_S5 3.334 volt
EDP_PANEL_PWR 0.000volt comes...
tested differnt trackpad+keyboard+cable.
no corrosion on connector.
Liqued damage was around smc, replaced and working except no keyboard trackpad.
Option key at boot wont work no detection
Power button works
J4800
pin
1 3.42v 0.429
2 0v 0.442
3 0v 0.000
4 0v 0.353
5 0v 0.350
6 0v 0
7...
oke, there was no corrosion on those resistors, just replaced them to make sure.
there is no resistor on R1620 it also did not look like there was ever one there....???
i made a wire on R1620 pads and it works 100% perfect atm, after the boot i turned it off again and wil place a resistor on...
820-00165 liquid damage (near SMC) does not see SSD, SSD is checked in differnt mac and works perfect.+
SSD_RESET_L 3.278v
SSD_PWR_EN 0.451v
P3V3SSD_VMON 0.029v should be 0.7v
r3740
r3741
r3742
after replacing r37/40/41/42 i got P3V3SSD_VMON 0.998v
Yes. Like every Repair facility has gone in the past
Every thing Goes cheaper And becomes absolete
Margins are schrinking
I know. And i know the store wont be here in 5 yeats probably.
But i see iT as a step to a New beginning
Why woudnt You speak your mind when You did not see the kid?
This...
haha you also have a dumbo around your corner great. to bad they give the Real repair companys also a bad name.
ty Nick, yea she is and she is (almost) always happy and smilling