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Dimmed green light on 820-2915
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PP3v.42 voltage and diode mode readings to ground?
Yustina
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Hhmm, on pin 5 of u6901 right? (Again, im new to this and my understanding is that PP3V42_G3H gets generated at pin 5 of U6901, of course I might be wrong. Im at work right now, will measure and post once I get back home).
thx for your help!
Yustina
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Understood! I will do as soon as I get back home and post. Thx!!
Yustina
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OK! the resistance to ground of the inductor L6995 measures .4-.5 Ohms, voltages of D6990 pin 1: .9mV , pin 2: 16.33 to 16.67V , pin 3: 16.43 V (I am using a 16.5V magsafe, my 18.5 is on the way!)
Thanx!
(I have taken off the inductor previously (L6995) and I still had that dimmed green light, so when placing it back on the board there was no change)
Yustina
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So, please correct me if im wrong, it is my understanding that 3.42V gets generated at U6901 so, if it is not being generetaed there and I have already replaced that chip a few times (with a known good chip), could it be that any component in the 3.42V line is preventing it from being generated at U6901?
Yustina
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No no, I get 16V on D6990 pins 2 and 3, Im sorry for the confusion, i thought we were still talking about the measurements from the previous post. Ill measure L6995 and will more than likely use a power supply at this point
thank you
So 16V getting to U6990 which should be making 3V42 on L6995. Like mentioned before you claimed there was a low resistance to GND on L6995. So we can assume 3V42 rail is shorted to GND. Inject voltage on pin 2 of L6995 and see if anything heats up. Start with low voltage and don't go over 3V of course.
Yustina
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ok, after a long work schedule I finally have one day off to mess around with this board, I checked my pp3v42 circuitry and EVERYTHING is checking out, with the exception of R8798, when testing in V DC I get minus 18mV and goes down slowly to minus 13mV, the resistance of this component is 00.4-00.2 when its supposed to be 0 and I am thinking its fine. I am still getting a solid strong green light that slowly becomes dimmed and barely visible. And I just noticed today that there is a buzzing sound coming from the board when its plugged in, it is slightly high pitched. No part of the board is getting hot to the touch. I see that R8798 is related to SMC_GFX_OVERTEMP_R_L and that is making me think there is a problem with the SMC, possibly GPU? I am going to keep researching on the schematic and explore different approaches, if anybody has any ideas please pitch in.
Thx in advance!
Thx in advance!
Yustina
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I have replaced the SMC, reballed utilizing Jessa Jones pyramid method, surprisingly I still get all of my pp3v42 and again, same issue as stated, R8798 is measuring low, it is NOT on the minus any longer and goes up higher, around 23mV, but still same situation with the strength of the light on the charger, same buzzing. At this point either bad SMC chip (highly likely) or GPU. Of course, it is also highly likely that I am missing something since I have zero experience besides watching Louis R.and Jessa J. videos.
Yustina
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no, I dont know if the smc is good or not, it did not make a difference so , it seems im in the same boat.... Im here to learn so, I dont know if R8798 has anything to do with the green light, I was under the impression that pp3v42 is needed for the green light and I get all measurements except for the one at R8798.........