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I have a 820-3536 that hasn't had any water damage and shows a green light on the charger but does not power on. PPBUS_G3H, PP3V42_G3H, PPVRTC_G3H are all present and correct. Testing PP5V_S5 and PP3V3_S5 I noticed their voltages were pulsating.
I replaced U7100 but it made no difference...
I have checked all these and there is no evidence of water damage or corrosion. PPVRTC is 3.3 volts. I am obviously missing something but I can't figure it out.
Yeah I get a green light then it goes orange. Most of the water damage was around the connector for the keyboard backlight and the Mic connector. Everywhere else looking under a microscope doesn't seem too bad. I get 3.3 Volts at SMC_LID and in diode mode it measures 0.438.
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I have a water damaged 820-3476. Initially it was turning on but after a minute or so would keep going into hibernate/standby mode. Now however it is not even turning on but does have a green light on the charger. Testing the board voltages for S5 rails are present but not for S4...
I looked at it again and it was burnt near C9799. The actual capacitor was fine when I took it off but just next to it was burnt a little and was shorting to ground with the solder pad of the capacitor. I scratched a bit of the pad away and the short has now gone. Annoyingly that was the first...
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I have a 820-3115 with no backlight. There is a short to ground on PPVOUT_SW_LCDBKLT. I have removed all four caps, connector and LED Driver but the short is still present. I put voltage to the board and the heat seems to be evenly spread over the line and hottest wherever I connect the...
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I have 820-3330-B that I am struggling with. There is no light on the charger and as soon as you plug it in the fans go really fast. It starts to turn on and the Apple logo appears but then it shuts off straight after that.
It has both PP3V42_G3H and PPBUS_G3H when the charger is plugged...