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unfortunately the board did stop working when I tested it again. It kind of tries to boot and spins the fan then stops then tries again. In SMC bypass mode it sometimes gets to a full boot and I hear the chime, but then it dies again. I have never gotten it to show anything on the display either...
I verified every voltage and resistance, and also checked that resistance to ground on the PBUS and DCIN lines were the same as working board.
Is it possible that this is just bad SMC or bad connections below SMC? All the other components are fine.
EDIT: reflowed SMC- board now boots and draws...
PBUS_VSENSE and DCIN lines had same resistance to ground as good board
still 1.46v and 2.11v on the two lines even with capacitors removed
r5489, 5488, and r5499/98 all are correct values on broken board
resistors had no sign of damage
below I am posting first broken board voltage in SMC bypass mode, versus working board voltage for comparison
Q5480
PBUSVSENS_EN_L- 0v(broken) vs 0v(working)
PBUSVSENS_EN_L_DIV- 6.09v vs 6.25v
PPBUS_G3H- 12.26v vs 12.55v
PM_SLP_S3_R_L- 3.3v vs 3.3v...
The board now turns on consistently after I pushed down a little on R1802, probably some damage to the PCH_SRTCRST_L line in that area. the voltage on that line is still 3.3v. SO I guess it's working...
like I said in my final edit PCH_SRTCRST_L was 3.3v and I did end up replacing C1802, but I will check the trace, could I be getting 3.3v if it wasn't connected to PCH?
I did replace it and it does the same thing. SMC is beyond my skill at the moment so I am going to just use this board as a desktop mac/always plugged in. but thank you for the help.
0.4v on SYSCLK_SYS32K_RTC
3.3v on RTC_RESET_L
edit: BOARD JUST TURNED ON when i checked voltage on PCH_SRTCRST_L
drawing 14 watts...
PCH_SRTCRST voltage was slowly dropping starting around 2v when I checked it. Seems to go up to around 1.5v then back down slowly, then spikes up...
edit- C1802...
yes I have been using the pads
yes SMC_ONOFF_L stays high while board is connected to power
PM_PWRBTN_L also stays at 3.5v when board is connected to power
when I short SMC_ONOFF_L to ground, PM_PWRBTN_L goes down to 0.3v