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I guess I’m going to have to ask for clarification again; I’m not sure what you’re asking when you say the “state of the board.” From my perspective the board, seems to have expected power in the expected locations.
Previously, I asked if I should try to boot the board, to which you replied I...
Sorry, am I just looking for USB activity at this point? The major thing that happened was power restored to all major lines on the board, 5.25 V @ USB, and me asking if I should try to boot this board. You wrote that I should try a known good BIOS. I reflashed the BIOS with the file you linked...
I didn't look. As I mentioned, I'm totally new on this forum; I came because the forum is advertised as, more-or-less, providing a resource that can walk you through logic board repair. This is most difficult logic board repair I've encountered, hence, here I am. I am unaware of the breadth of...
PLT_RESET_L is 3.3 V
Pardon my total ignorance once again here, but can you please provide some clarification regarding 'trying a known good BIOS,' please? I'm not sure how to do that. Again, my apologies for my total ignorance here.
Prior to my message yesterday, I replaced a few components and this is the state of the board currently. I haven't tried anything other than replacing those components; now that I've replaced them, I have power back at those specific components. Should I put the board back in the case and try to...
Okay... I replaced a bunch of stuff on this board, and I have 1.8 V at both L7310/20
Pins 7 and 3 on U1950 - 3.4 V
ALL_SYS_PWRGD - 3.3 V
What are my next steps here? Thanks for your help.
Okay... Checking them all again:
L7720 -- 5.14
L7430 -- 1.20
L7630 -- 1.05
L7870 -- 1.50
ALL_SYS_PWRGD -- 0
That said, I followed ALL_SYS_PWRGD, which is when I realized that U1860 is actually missing. I'm going to have to go through and look at all of these pads that have no components on...
Okay, sorry about that; my fault again; PM_SLP_S0_L is 3.3 V
I've check both 7310/20 again--at least a dozen times--and nothing.
No power at pins, 7 or 3, but just to confirm that everything was working as expected based on what is known thus far, I confirmed the 3.42 V on pin 8.
Okay...
Not sure what happened when I measured these the first time around. My bad and my apologies to you. I just now changed the battery in my DMM; perhaps that has something to do with it.
Please note the edit in the previous post regarding 5.14 V on PM_SLP_S0_L.
L7630 -- 1.05 V
L7310 --...
Thanks again for your help. I apologize for my ignorance here; forgive me, as I come from a research background, and in my experience it's better to be complete than not.
I'm pretty familiar with Boardview files and have better than rudimentary schematic reading skills, so I am aware of the...
Forgive me for asking what are probably basic questions.
1. This first one is probably ridiculous, but I have to ask: I can assume the board stays on if the orange light on MagSafe stays lit, is that correct?
2. What kind of values should I be posting, for example, L7630 is pretty...
Greetings Forum,
I'm new here, new to MacBook repair, and new to cleaning out electronic devices filled with lotion.
I've been microsoldering for about 6 months, and have started up a device repair business where I live in Western North Carolina. I got into this so that I can always have a...