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Originally, short on PP3V42_G3H with corrosion on C5002, C5007 and C5008
These were replaced.
Short gone.
Green light on charger, fan spin. No image.
PRAM reset. Nochange.
PPBUS_G3H: 8.58V
L7310: 1.80
L7320: 1.80V
L7430: 1.20
L7560: 3.36
L7520: 5.16
L7130: 8.58
L3095:
PIN1: 0V
PIN2: 0V...
Machine was booting to the desktop originally, login in fine BUT would not charge battery AND WOULD not run on battery
alone.
Keyboard and trackpad working fine.
I decided to change the ISL625 chip.
Good news: the battery now appears to charge and machine continues to boot to the desktop...
820-00165
PP5V_S5 is not short to ground in diode mode
F7140: 8.60 PPBUS_G3H
U7501
4: 0 V
21: 3.38
23: SHORT
Changed U7501 with new chip, no change
Changed U7400, no change
CAPS: C7500 looks good but I removed i and short still there
Am I on the right track
This short is an issue keeping...
U7701 looks good
BKL_EN: 0V, no short to ground on BKL_EN using DIODE MODE: 0.57V
F7700 good, voltage same on both sides
1: 8.58
2: 8.58
XW7720 area looks good
continuity of switch good between: continuity confirmed between XW7720 pin1 test point and pin 2 of D7701
Q7706
4:8.58V
3:8.33V...
OK I have been away from board repair for 3 months so I think I am have forgotten a lot.
No water damage.
No green light or fan spin.
U7100
1: 0V
2: 14.75
3: 3.94 V
5:1.09
7: .34-.7
8: 1.1-1.38
9: 0.03
12:3.42
13:3.40
14:3.39
15:.06
16:8.18
17:8.20
18:8.20
19:5.04
20:5.03
21:.23
22:
23: 8.20...
No green light, no fan spin.
New flex cable tried and no go.
U7090 looks terrible. See image below.
PP3V42_G3H is 0V needless to say
0V at L7095
Tons of corrosion at U7090.
I don't like to just throw a board into a US cleaner but I am considering doing so on this one.
I can't even measure...
Machine boot and works fine on external monitor
No water damage
J83000 looks good
F7700 is good (conitinous)
BKL_EN at R7731 is 0V
Q7706
PIN 4: 8.59V
PIN 3: 8.35V
Q7707
PIN: 2: 3.33V
PIN 5: 0 V
XW7720
No continuity between:
PPVOUT_SW_LCDBLKT_FB test point and D7701 PIN 2 ??? open switch...
U3540 is severely corroded
PP3V3_S5: 3.3V at C3540
but bouncing at pin 1 U3540
Dry scraped away the corrosion, no alcohol, nothing at pin 1
Plugged it back in, boot looping stopped.
Damn thing booted right to desktop.
U3540 is wifi?
I may just replace this (but I don't want to unless I...
Board boots to desktop.
I can see the log in screen but there is no backlight.
F7700 fuse good,
PPVIN_S0SW_LCDBKLT_FET=0v
EDP_BKLT_EN=0
BKLT_PLT_RST_L=3.3v
No short on Q7707 PIN 5
LED driver?
Board chimes, fan spins
no display
L8304 black and cracked in half
replaced it..still no display
now 3.3V for 1-2 seconds measured at pin 2 after power applied
R8364 look a little worn so replaced it
lvds J8300 connector looks good
no water damage
usb mouse lights up
1.8V at cpu inductors
Green light on charger/ goes to orange.
No fan spin.
No liquid damage.
PP5V_S0: 4.95V
PP3V3_S0: 3.30 V
PP1V5_S0: 1.5 V
PP0V6_S0_DDRVTT: 0V at pin 1 C2700
U7400
PIN 13 was 0.18V to ground in diode mode but ONLY 336 Ohms in Resistance mode
All the other pins (except ground pins of course) were...
I have a fully working Early 2015 820-00165 running MAC OS high Sierra
When I boot from my USB installer drive in an attempt to upgrade to Catalina I have noted that the CPU gets hot
Fan spinning but this CPU is hot
The install does not appear to be hanging but I started to get alarmed at how...
This is a stupid question but I have a 820-00165 that boots to the OS but strangely loses the trackpad at the login
screen.
I was trying to install OS X Catalina on a repaired machine off a USB drive installer that I have used many times.
The trackpad works at this point. Its when I get to the...
No green light, no fan spin.
PPBUS_G3H: 8.19 V
U7100
1: 0V
2: 14.71
3: 3.98
9:0.03
12: 2.76
13: 0
14: 2.65-2.73
15: 0.05 V
17: 8.19
18: 8.15
17-18 RES: 3.4 O
19: 5.10
20: 5.08
27: 14.57
28: 14.57
27-28 RES: 20 O
R7180: PIN 1 14.58V
No getting PP3V42_G3H so no power to SMC?
U7090
6...
Green light
No fan spin
No water damage
Board just "suddenly would not turn on"
PP1V2_S3 = 0 V
U7400 with lots of white corrosion
L7430: 0.30 V on diode mode to ground
PP5V5_S5: 5.5V
change U7400?