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I have an A1278 820-2533-B that had liquid contact and has no wifi. It has a burnt L3404, L3401, and some surroundig caps. I don't have any 820-2533-B to steal those parts. Can I use those parts from any other board?
Tks. That's what I've done, I have 5V on PP5V_WLAN , but still no wifi. It says no hardware present.
I'm not sure if i had to have continuity from L3401 (pin1) PCIE_CLK100M_MINI_CONN_N to C3422 PP5V_WLAN, but i don't have it.
Can it be U3402 (I have 3.3V on PP3V3_S3)? How can i check it?
What should I check now. Can you help?
Just realized that the wire that i've jumped has "exploded" / breaked after a few reboots.
It seams that i have a short on the airport. With the airport cable connected, i get 0.002 in diode readings, and 0.5 ohm to ground on PP5V_WLAN . Can i check anything else?
Tks. Didn't know that.
The cable was presured by a screw. After disassembling it, the short has gone.
Now I have 5V on PP5V_WLAN and 0.504 in diode mode, and 50kohm to ground, but no wifi yet.
Hi,
Today, i managed to find a display (with the wifi) for this model, and when i was trying it, the mac doesn't power on.
I have a missing PP5V_S3 and PP3V3_S5 voltage. I look at L3405 (the jumper was near to it) and it seams ok, and can't find any missing components..
Can you help?
Hi, no it doesn't. However, I saw that c2511, c2581 and c2580 were knocked out.
Because i have no other 820-2533-B board, I've replaced them for 2x 16V X7R 100nF +- 10% caps (C2511 and C2581) and one 10V XR5 470nF +-10% (C2580) cap. Not sure if they are compatible. Are they?