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Hi, got an 820-0141 that works but wont charge the battery.
Tried known working battery, charger and battery flex. Cleaned the port.
It works with battery disconnected. It also works with battery alone. It wont charge with the machine turned off.
No signs of damage.
R5220/R5221 are 4.7k...
Hi, got an 820-3115-B that has green light but no fan spin.
voltages:
PPBUS_G3H: 12.54v
PP3V42_G3H: 3.5v
PP5V_S5: 4.94v
PP5V_SUS: 0v
SMC_BATLOW_L is missing.
When connecting battery SMC_BATLOW_L goes to 3.3v but is inestable. No orange light when connecting battery. Im using OEM 65w charger
Hi, got an 820-2838 board with no Wifi. The wifi says is active but wont detect any networks.
Tried:
working airport card and antenna
SMC and NVRAM reset
replaced U4002
U4002 Values:
card connected:
PP3V3_S3: 3.3v
P3V3WLAN_VMON: 0.98v
AP_RESET_L: 3.3v
AP_RESET_CONN_L: 3.3v
AP_PWR_EN: 3.3v...
Hi, got an 820-01041 with fan spin (gets faster after about 20sec).
GPU and PCH get hot. CPU does not.
Macbook not even showing on DFU mode.
PPVCC_S0_CPU: 0v
CPU_PWRGD: 1v
CPU_VIDSCLK: 1v
Hi, got an 820-3115-B with tons of liquid damage. It has quarter fan spin and green light.
Changed BIOS just in case, no change.
PPBUS_G3H: 12.53v
PP3V42_G3H: 3.4v
PP5V_S5: 4.95v
PP5V_SUS: 4.95v
PP5V_S3: 0v
PP3V3_S5: 3.3v
PP3V3_SUS: 3.3v
PP3V3_S4: 0v
PP1V8_S0: 0v
Hi, got an 820-3209 that had liquid damage on R7841 and C7860. Green light but no fan spin.
Replaced both. I got PP5V_S3 and P5V0S0_SS but no PP5V_S0_FET_R.
Replaced Q7860 twice but still no PP5V_S0_FET_R. Theres continuity between all points. Diode mode to ground on PP5V_S0_FET_R is 0.375...
Hi, got an 820-3115 with no signs of damage.
The battery usually charges normally but after some time if you disconnect and connect the charger again it wont charge the battery. It powers on the laptop just fine.
Sometimes if you wobble the connector a bit it will start charging the battery...
Hi, i have a 820-00426 with a 0.6 ohms short on PPBUS_G3H.
All area around L7130 on both sides of the board was getting very warm, particularly L7130. Removed L7130 and the short was on PPVBAT_G3H_CHGR_REG side. Then removed both F7140/F7141 and the short is on the PPBUS_G3H side.
Im injecting...
Hello, i have a 820-00281 that throttles very fast. I compared it to another Mac with the exact same specs and it throttles to about 30% of CPU capacity in matter of minutes while the other one lasts hours and only gets to about 70% throttle.
I changed thermal paste, changed the copper plate...
Hi, got an 820-00163 that restarts on 10% apple loading screen when connected only to charger. If i connect both the battery and charger or even only the battery alone it boots fine.
Tried different 85w chaerges, different DC IN board, different SSDs but nothing
Hi, got and 820-02773-A that had a what i thought was a bad keyboard (not a single key worked).
I replaced the keyboard with new one but still same issue.
I get both PP1V85_S2_KBD_ISNS and PP3V3_AON_KBD_CONN with the keyboard connected.
Got a 820-01041-A that does not show signs of life. No visible damage.
The T2 chip is heating a bit.
PPBUS_G3H = 12.57v
PP3V3_G3H_SOCPMU = 3.3v
PPVCC_S0_CPU = 0v
PP5V_G3S = 5,13 then drops to 0v and again.
Hi, got and 820-3115-B with no keyboard backlight.
Tried good sheet no light. Pressing keyboard backlight keys show icon. Iluminating camera shows prohibition symbol.
Replaced C5855 because it had a bit of corrosion but no change.
Replaced U5850 just in case.
i get PP5V_S0 on L5850 and...
Hi, got an 820-00163 that does not turn on and does not have green light.
PP3V42_G3H is shorted. Removed L7095 and the short is on the system side.
Injected 3V/2A but nothing is getting warm. I am afraid of injecting more an damaging something
Hi, got an 820-01041 that shows no signs of life.
PPBUS_G3H, PP5V_G3S and PP3V3_G3H_T all 0v.
PP20V_USBC_TB_VBUS is 5.14v only when connecting charger to JB500 (lower port) or J3300 (port closest to the corner of the board).
If i use the other 2 ports then PP20V_USBC_TB_VBUS is 0v.
Hi, got an 820-01041 that wont boot. It will get stuck on apple logo or somethings just blank. It wont boot from external USB either. A few times ive managed to get it to connect to wifi only to get stuck there. DFU doesnt fix it.
The board looks in pristine condition.
Hi, got an 820-3023-A that was running slow when the battery was connected.
It had some previous issues that were fixed:
1. 3 beeps no boot: RAM reball solved it
2. Corossion on LCD connector and U9310: both cleaned and replaced.
Then it ran slow when the battery was connected (w or w/0...
Hi, got an 820-3787-A that kernel panics several times on startup, after 4 or 6 restarts it then boots. It would seem it needs to get hot before booting.
Diagnostics show nothing, tried different SSDs, same thing, it wont do it on safe mode.
After it boots it wont crash even if using the...