820-4924 Powers on most times sometimes it wont

No-Clean

Member
Ok this one is driving me crazy because almost each time I plugged it the board will turn on, but if I left it off for a while it wont. Board is clean no liquid damage and overall looks as new. Now I have it connect it to the PS and it is not turning on, so I measured and it turns out:

U7501 is not getting any voltage on pin 4 the enable pin, I am stock here I don't know why, any help will be greatly appreciated.
 

No-Clean

Member
Correct, it works when I use the original charger most times, but sometimes randomly it just does not start, I have a hard time making it NOT start when plug into the charger that is why it is so hard to troubleshoot.
 

2informaticos

Administrator
Staff member
Does it fail to start with original charger?
Post basic signals of power on sequence when machine doesn't start.
 

No-Clean

Member
Yes it fails to start with original charger, but a long time has to go after you turn it on, if it is on it will work fine after that, it is not till you leave it off over night that it won't start up again. I think I figure it out, will report back tomorrow.
 

No-Clean

Member
Ok I got the board to NOT turn on while removed from the Mac and realized ppbus was low like 12.2v or so, I reflowed the SMC and the Mac is now working, I did not reballed it because it looked clean all around, a reflow was good enough.

Thanks!
 
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