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Getting really frustrated by this board and I need someone smarter than me to explain what is going on.
When I got the board it was water damaged but started with RAM beeping.
I found that there was no PPDDR_S3_REG voltage, and there was a short on the rail.
I have now replaced every capacitor...
It's seems to me that all power lines needed for this to start are present:
- PPBUS_g3H = 8,6V
- PP3V42_G3h = 3,41V
- PPV5_S5 = 5V
- PP3v3 = 3,3V
- PP3V3_S3 = 3,3V
- PM_SLP_S4_L = 3,3V
So whats the next step here?
Got this with broken backlight. 12.3V on backlight. Replaced U7700 and Q7701 and I now have 52V on backlight output but still no backlight.
I have reset the PRAM but still no luck. I have also tested with a 2013 LCD but still the same.
Am I looking at a bad LCD screen here?
Badly corroded around U7100 and no PPBUS_G3H. Removed the old one, added a few jumper wires and soldered on a new U7100. It now starts and works fine, the problem I'm having now is that it always "detects" a charger even if not connected. It senses wether I'm using a 60W or 85W charger but does...
No it is not power cycling, when I do get CPU VCORE and ALL_SYS_PWRGD they stay high but I get no boot, only fan spin. I have replaced U1950 and tried with another U6100. All resistors look good but maybe a bad capacitor or something. I'll check Q8150.
My god, now all_sys_pwrgd is missing again. It seems like I jumped to a conclusion a little to fast. It seems like CPU VCORE and ALL_SYS_PWRGD comes and goes.
Anyone got any ideas?