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I have a 2017 15" MacBook Pro motherboard (820-00281-A) where the transistor in the fan control circuit (Q6000) accidentally got broken off the motherboard while doing a board swap into a new topcase. Result was that when I turned the computer on, the left side fan would run continuously full...
I have a 2017 13" MacBook Pro motherboard (model 820-00840-A) that won't turn on. I measured the PPBUS_G3H line with a USB-C charger connected, and get around 1.08V (instead of 12V?). No short to ground in this line - resistance measures 1K ohms rapidly increasing to infinity.
Fuses F3000 and...
Alright, I'll try that. What's a good voltage to start with, to inject after removing L8452?
Also, when I desolder the capacitors, what temperature do I need to keep the hot air machine at, and what distance away from the board is best?
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I have a 2019 16" MacBook Pro (A2141) with no LCD backlight (the laptop does power on, boot to macOS and display stuff on the screen, but the backlight is off so you have to shine a light at the screen to see anything).
I tested the PPVOUT_S0_LCDBKLT line at the terminals of L8452 and...