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Removed the Fuse. PPBUS is .120 and PPBVAT is .453.
Is I shorted ? I injected voltage and not drawing any amps. (0.002)
I removed RD590 and PPVIN_P3V8AON jumped from 0.120 to 0.450 which is the correct range as per openboarddata. Hence I feel there is a short. How to proceed ?
Front Camera shows a bright green screen. Tried a different LCD assembly and different TCON board as well.
I even tried a different motherboard with this LCD assembly to rule LCD issue. it is a motherboard issue.
Since I have a working motherboard I cross checked readings of LP670 and...
Device has no IMAGE and No Backlight.
Device boots up. Confirmed external USB activity.
F7700 was faulty. was getting 0V at PPVIN. Replaced . Now getting normal voltage.
EDP_PWR_EN is 0V
L8304 is 0V.
PPBUS is 8.6V
PP3v42_G3H is 3.4V
SMC_RESET_L is 3.4v
U1950
PP3v42_G3H is 3.4V
PM_S0_GOOD is 0V
SMC_DELAYED_PWRGD is 0V
ALL_SYS_PWRGD is 0.1V
CPUVR_PGOOD_R is 3.3V
SYS_PWROK_R is 0V
NO FAN SPIN
All my batteries are okay. Checked on another board.
The customer original battery is faulty.
But the issue of new battery on the customers board issue remains
Replaced U6903 as it was getting mildly hot. Now I get fan spin. It turns on now at customers old battery but shows 1% and battery is not charging. the old battery swollen.
On a new battery it wont turn on as before. one thing I noticed that on a new battery the amp meter goes straight to 20V...