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Thanks for that. I have nothing further for this thread, looks like a "solved" fail candidate.

SMC for 820-3024 (enquiry) Hello all, If the forum TOS permits my asking... Does anyone here in the lower 48 have an SMC for 820-3024 they'd be willing to part with? Please PM to iron out details if you're able to assist. Thanks, Andrew

There's a thermal sensor on trackpad.. If it's acting up and not communicating, the fan spins high. - Disregard as inaccurate! (see below)

Sorry. To clarify... Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but these models have an orange light present whether there is a battery installed or not. The only time the light will hold solid green is WITH a battery when fully charged. The orange light alone the way you're describing isn't enough...

the charger light is amber while charging battery or lacking one entirely by design on these. Edit*** therefore... The orange light is arbitrary.

Which password are you attempting to remove? Power-on? Supervisor? Some machines that have had the "simple" bios restriction password set can be cleared by shorting two contact points somewhere under the service panel but that's rare in my limited experience. I don't think a clean bios dump...

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Thanks for the clues. Followed your leads and I'm ashamed to reply that this is one is a clear-cut case of CPUicide. Lastly... Are brown/motley-crue-looking-inductors indicative of anything or is that an eventual normal life cycle presence & presentation?

Sounds like the USB "hub" is functioning since external keyboards work. Inspect the keyboard connector.

Hey hey, Finally got back to this one. Pulled and re balled the smc, same behavior as stated above unfortunately. What are possible causes for pm_slp_$4_l to read 0.8v? I read a reply that Louis posted on a similar situation (1v) where he stated that 1v is not a "valid" reading. Essentially...

Thanks as always Duke!

Sorry.to clarify. Which garbage alli baba boards are suitable for repairing boards 2011+ ?

Which model donor boards offer the "best" sufficiency --» cost ratio for post 2011 repairs in your experience?

Voltage on pp3v42_g3hot? SMC_BC_ACOK present?

Yep from donors here. Not available new... Programmed anyway. I think.

Yeah, just seems like there's a niche that could be filled since reballing is the piece most despise, I recall Louis mentioning purchasing smc's pre-balled somewhere before that source dried up. I'm at a loss for sale avenues overall as it is, ebay is a wreck, i can afford to lose $20, no...

Satisfaction would have to be the target of guarantee. If a board figures to be trash and the smc is not an obvious fail, why not make a bit back it.

I'd be selling.

Thinking about this small niche and curious what a fair price point for (p)re-balled SMC's might look like. Thanks in advance!

That's interesting. At the very least anyone who engaged in that shit would have to put in some work to pwn a listing, if that's the intent.