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I got this air with a backlight problem. It was liquid damaged around the LVDS connector.
Replaced the connector and the cable. Put it in the ultrasonic cleaner.
I put everything together. I left it running and when I came back the LCD was dark.
It didn't react to the power button anymore.
Now...
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This is the second time I got this MacBook back for repair.
First time there was no backlight. The unit was not liquid damaged.
Q7700 was the problem. After I change that the backlight come on.
Again this unit wasn't liquid damaged.
Customer said he has the some problem after took it...
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Another 820-3476.
Solid green light after 4-5sec goes to orange.
Customer said it was liquid damaged.
Only corrosion was around the JTAG connector.
I thought this gonna be an easy fix, but of course no.
Measurements:
PP3V3_S5 - 3.3V
PP5V_S5 5V
PPBUS_G3H 12.57V
PP3V3_SUS 3.3V
PP1V05_SUS -...
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I got this macbook with liquid damage around the eDP connector.
Changed the connector and got backlight.
The problem is that I get the circle with slash the prohibitory symbol everytime during the boot.
I never get the Apple symbol.
I tried El Capitan and the new Sierra OS. I got the...
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I received this 820-3476. They said it was liquid damaged and they cleaned it.
I found rice in the machine. I can't see any corrosion. They cleaned it very well.
Well, they said it powered on and there was nothing on the screen.
After they tried it to power on few times it started to...
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I received this board. It was liquid damaged
I don't know where exactly, because it was cleaned before I received it.
Corrosion:
Around LVDS
KB backlight connector
J6100 - I removed it
U7200 - some corrosion next to it.
I cleaned the board.
The board goes to S0 state, but CPU Vcore does...
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I've this liquid damaged board here.
There is green and orange light on the charger.
It does charge the battery.
PPBUS_G3H - 8.57V
SMC powers on.
PP3V3_S5 presents.
Before the repair the board was in S3 state.
ALL_SYS_PWRGD was missing and it was 125 Ohm.
I found PP1V05_S0 shorted. I...
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I bought this from "you know where".
The macbook looks like a new macbook. Not a single scratch not even at the bottom of the macbook.
No liquid damage. Seller said it just stopped working one day. I'm sure I was the first person who took
this macbook apart.
Lot of dust in it. No liquid...
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I received this MacBook with a not turning on issue.
They said it wasn't liquid damaged just one day stopped working.
I'm sure it wasn't dropped, because the MacBook looks pristine.
However I'm not sure if it wasn't liquid damaged. There aren't discolored pads on the board.
However around...
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I've a liquid damaged 820-3115.
The liquid damage was around SMC and PP3V42_G3H.
I had to change the SMC, because there was no green light.
After I replaced the SMC this macbook was working fine.
However after few hours it turned off and the green light went off.
There was a short on...
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I've a 820-2879 here with a power problem.
This one is not liquid damaged. Lot of dust in the computer, but no liquid damage.
The problem is that it turns on sometimes and it works ok, but lot of times it won't turn on.
Some measurements:
When it's not turning on:
PPBUS_G3H - 12.55V...
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I've this board here with the on/off loop problem.
No liquid damage.
PP5V_S0 present when it tries to turn on for a sec. Fan spins up.
Every power rail comes up for a sec except CPUVCORE.
I tried different BIOS.
I've 1.2V on on Y2605, but I can't see it oscillating. I changed the...
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I received this macbook with not turning on issue.
No liquid damage. The board was pretty dusty. But no sing of liquid damage.
When I press the power button the fan spins up a little bit and that's it. It does not do the on-off loop.
Here are the measurements:
PPBUS_G3H 12.57V
PP3V3_S5...
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I got this board with a no backlight issue.
No liquid damage. It shows the question mark. Just no backlight.
I tried different monitor with different LVDS cable.
I changed the LVDS connector on the board.
I changed the LED Driver. I bought one from L2. I thought it was bad so I ordered few...
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I'm trying to fix a liquid damaged 820-3476 board.
After the cleaning I got green and orange light on the charger.
U7200 was correded. I changed it.
The board still does not start. The fan does not spin up.
I have:
PP3V3_S5
PPBUS_G3H 12.56V
PP3V3_SUS
PP1V05_SUS
PPVRTC_G3H
PCH_CLK32K...
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So I have this nice Retina here with liquid damage.
I cleaned it. Battery is dead.
It was powering on, but no CPU VCORE.
I checked the power to U7200 and I saw R7202 was corroded. I changed it and it turned on for a sec or two and turned off.
PP3V42_G3H was 70-80 Ohm short to ground...
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I got this Air here. No water damage. It has a damage on the side where the USB port is. I took a photo of it.
Just the case damaged. The USB port and the logic board is not!
The right side speaker didn't work. The AMP(U6410) was dead. No liquid damage.
Sometimes it hangs on boot. Just...
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I received this MacBook. It was liquid damaged. Around the SMC (smc should be fine, this one has the underfill around the SMC).
No corrosion! Liquid damage around the LPC+SPI connector. I removed the connector before ultrasonic cleaning. I cleaned the
board, but still does not chime...
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I received this board for repair. Unfortunately another repair shop tried their magic on it. They heated the PCH for no reason.
This is how the picture looks on the screen. Bad RAM or bad IGP in the CPU?
The screen is good. Tested with other logic board...