820-00165 liquid, no fan spin but orange light [solved]

nik1981

Member
not sure if the SMC didn't survive the heat cycle or I messed it up, but I have no fan spin at the moment. SMC looks like its on perfectly under the microscope. Looks like I'll have to take it back off.
 

2informaticos

Administrator
Staff member
If this happened when reballed the SMC, you have a problem there now.
SMC is very resistant to heat; more likely bad solders.
Try a reflow and gently tap it...
 

nik1981

Member
Actually.. tried one more time and got fan spin back.. I now have screen active but no backlight.
I can see it booting OSX
 

nik1981

Member
Swapped out LP8550. (looking at the state of the LVDS connector originally, I'm not surprised it was dead) now works perfectly.

As ever @2informaticos thank you for your help.
 
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