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Thanks, i will test it with other board as soon as i get one.
is there some MB Pro board which could have a schematic close enough to troubleshoot it instead of simply replacing it?
bit this is A1286, the only one laptop in entire history which kills SATA cables.
the exact reason is that when you install HDD it pushes flex cable hard enough to get a short to ground. since fuses never really blow in MacBooks, cable dies.
simply put some insulator tape under the cable in HDD...
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Sorry for writing it before measuring everything, but during the first-look test laptop booted and i've decided to extract customer's data before proceeding since it started wit the battery disconnected.
i have two days off, so i am reading schematics to figure out what could...
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I found a very interesting book recently, but i'm doubting if it is really as good as its excerpts.
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Thank you! After checking SMC_RESET voltage i found that it goes low because of the touchpad. New touchpad fixed the issue like a charm.
It was confirmed liquid damage (literally, one drop of coffee). function keys work properly, but this is so typical for Apple with two types of trackpad/kbd...
Thanks a lot. Here we are, 2k$ laptop, half-dead by one drop of liquid through the trackpad. Ordered a new trackpad, will update this thread later. I have checked SMC_LSOC_RST_L and it is indeed zero volts.
Also, I've found a similar question on the other forum but it looks like that guy was...
Hello everyone, hello Louis
i started to work in a local repair shop and i'm trying to learn rocket science board repair
2012 Macbook air a1466
first condition:
liquid damage (coffee)
does not power on, orange light goes to green when the power button is pressed.
there is no actual liquid...