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PPBUS_G3H?? For future reference, does boot chime imply this??
So it looks like the keyboard was shorted and making it restart. Now to solve other issues.
820-3462 Liquid Damage - High fan > Boot Chime > Shutdown
Once charger in plugged in, immediate high fan seconds later boot chime then 3-4 seconds later shutdown. No Green light.
Where to start on this one?
Thanks.
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Changed U4850 with used chip from donor with clean J4813 area, pretty sure it's good by don't know how to tell.
Used 2x different new keyboards
Liquid Damage near J4813 both sides
Ran thru UC
Repaired pin4 of J4813 (PP3V42_G3H)
What seemed like a simple quick fix is driving me nuts. :|
Duke, board was missing r5071 and bad c4906. Against my hunches I changed U9701 for nothing, thank you for teaching me the order of operations. Very grateful for your assistance.
I would have been quite embarrassed if it was indeed that simple after replacing U9701 with the same outcome, however PRAM reset didn't help. Still no Backlight.
Thank you very much for your assistance. It's great to have a resource such as yourself as these challenges can make you a tad MENTAL.
No Backlight
Flashing Folder
U9701 Changed
21+22 of J9000 PPVOUT_SW_LCDBKLT starts @ ~20v and falls to steady 12.54v in just about the same time flashing folder appears RTG at this point .567v
0.0v BLK_PWM
3.29v on pin 5 of q9707 LCD_BKLT_EN
Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.
pin 5 of J7050 SMBUS_SMC_5_G3_SCL .4v
pin 6 of J7050 SMBUS_SMC_5_G3_SDA 3.4v / .2v
with no batt connected
tested with 3 batteries
SMC very clean and LD not near there.
has been through UC
Board runs well but will not recognize / charge battery.
All zeros in system profiler, yet when charger is removed it manages to successfully go to sleep from battery power.
I feel I'm close but obviously missing key things. Please see my marked up image to see all that has been tested. Both...