Macbook A2159 Board 820-01598-A wont boot

PACh

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Hi, I got a Macbook A2159 Board 820-01598-A that is not booting, possible water damage but Im not sure... the connector J5110 has 3 pins burned: 18, 20, 22 the line of those pins is PP3V3_G3HSW_DFR, the line still has 3.3V
The board is out it consumes 20V and 0.50A in the boot process it go a high as 0.52 and the stays around .50A CPU gets hot, board looks very clean no corrosion, shift key green light not present.

PPBUS_G3H: 12.6V
PP3V3_G3H: 3.3V
L7220: 0.843V
L7210: 0.843V
L7420: 0V
L7410 fluctuates between 0.01 to 0.030V
ALL_SYS_PWRGD: 1.8V
PP1V2_S0SW: 1.199V
PP1V_S0SW: 1.059V
PP1V8_S3: 1.8V

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2informaticos

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CPU core should drop to 0.6V aprox, when board boots; if stuck on 0.84V no good.
Compare diode mode readings on the other J5110's lines with good board.
T2 might suffered damage on the data lines connected to touchbar.

Check if DFU revive helps.
If no important data on its SSD, go for restore.
 

PACh

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Thank you for your reply.
at the beginning very fast to 0.5*V then to 0.84V and stays there...
on a good board J5110 line diode mode: 0.551
bad board: 0.539
 
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2informaticos

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Do you get 0.551 on all J5110 lines?
No big difference between 0.551 to 0.539; there must be other problem.
Compare voltage on all pins.
 
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PACh

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sorry I understod wrong, all pins measures:

3: 0.506
4: OL
5: 0.506
6: 0.456
9: 0.504
10: 0.457
11: 0.505
12: 0.455
15: 0.517
17: 0.516
18: 0.543
20: 0.543
21: 0.465
22: 0.543
23: 0.465

and those are very similar to a working board
 

PACh

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DFU didnt work, I did a restore it went thru and appeared a lockpad icon but still no boot, no green light on shift key, cpu still gets warm...
 

2informaticos

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Still not sure if you've replaced J5110.

Test the board alone on the desk, nothing connected, apart of charger.
Just check the CPU core voltage.
 

PACh

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j5110 not replaced, but is not doing short or anything as the pin´s readings are all good. not easy to find that connector.
will check CPu voltage
 

PACh

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CPU voltages the same 0.844V but now the amperage increased to 0.60-0.64A before DFU was around 0.50-0.52A
 
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