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Alright, so I have an 820-00165 that the automatic fan control is not working properly.
Board is spotless, with no liquid damage.
Essentially, the fan stays around 1200RPM no matter what the temps are.
The computer idles at normal temperature and the fan hangs around 1200 rpm. However, when...
I am not going to lie to you, the title makes this sound easy, but I'm not thinking its that easy.
820-07100
Board History:
Battery died, client wasn't able to charge. Does show the dead battery symbol when you plug it in. (I am using a known good OEM 96watt adapter) No liquid
I unplugged...
820-3437 PM_SLP_S4_L, I am thinking dead CPU/PCH, but wanted a second opinion, or something else to check.
Device History:
Liquid damage near:
SPI area
J6100
U7400
U1950
U7501
I cleaned these areas, replaced what was obviously damaged (Several capacitors/resistors, U7501, U1950, removed J6100)...
Hello, I have a 820-00923 that is missing PM_SLP_S5_L. No liquid damage, client stated just died on him one day. I am thinking dead PCH, would like a second opinion, or something else to check before I call it.
20v at about 70mA
Measurements:
PPBUS: 13v1
PP5v_S5: 5v
PP3v3_S5:
3v3 S5_PWRGD...
Device History:
Unit came into shop, with backlight on, but no image. During initial inspection, the unit did not power on. Tech had to do SMC reset, for it to turn on. After that, the no image issue, was caused by the LVDS cable. Tech installed the cable, ran a diagnostic. Everything seemed to...
Board: 820-00165
Issue: Magsafe not turning on. No light on magsafe, putting out about 2v.
Background:
Initially came in for no power, liquid damaged around ISL area, as well as PPDCIN_G3H_ISOL area.
Replaced ISL, cleaned up PPDCIN_G3H_ISOL area. Unit worked fine. Came back a week later...
Good morning,
I have a 820-01814 that is not getting into the S5 state
Device history:
Liquid damage near USB C connector area. Hole burned into the board under connector. Shorting PP20V_USBC_XB_VBUS. No matter how much I dug, i was not able to relieve this short. So, instead of continuing...
Device History:
Ship in repair, client stated this on his notes:
The unit was working fine, it came in for a broken screen. After we replaced the broken screen, we lost functionality of the touch bar. Our next step was to replace the entire top case, with a new touch bar included. After we did...
Device History:
Im not entirely sure about the full history. I assume liquid damage. The original shop stated that he sent it out because it had fan spin, but no image or wasn't posting. Original shop wasn't sure which one. He sent it to another board level tech. Other board level tech could...
So I had an interesting one, and thought I’d share.
820-00165 - it came for battery not charging, powers on with charged battery
When I disconnected the battery, I got fan spin for a second, then fan dying. Then fan spin for a second. On and on. (Not quarter fan spin)
So I check my PPBUS...
Hey everyone, looking for some help here;
820-00165, I’m in an S0 state, but no power.
I seem to have all the S0 power rails besides vcore.
I do not have ALL_SYS_PWRGD. I have checked the pins on Q8150 and are the following:
VMON_Q4_BASE = 0v759
S0PGD_BJT_GND_R = 0v087
ALL_SYS_PWRGD = 0v668...
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