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This board has had a lot of work done previously. unknown history, no water damage.
ppbusG3_Hot is 12.26v
BIL wasn't working originally due to broken pin, swapped connector and it works now.
U7000 - 20.22 ohms pins 27/28 3.05 ohms pins 17/18.
Q7055 is not being turned on by the ISL, I've...
I get a 0.53 v diode mode reading on r5280 and r5281, so they're not shorted to ground. I get 12.56v on ppbus_g3h with the battery unplugged. Tried known good battery.
3.17 ohms between pins 17 and 18 on U7000
20.28 ohms between pins 27 and 28.
when I connect the battery PPbus_G3h will read...
this is my personal machine. coffee was spilled on it about 18 months ago with no major corrosion. Just died on me today. I found that pp5_s5_LDO was missing and with a little more troublshooting found no PM-SLP-S4_L
well, trace from pin 5 throug r6961 to pin 1 of r5071 was good.
reflowed the SMC and now it sleeps. My thinking was the ball for smc lid was cracked. Thanks for the help Duke.
Tried other Battery indicator light in a different case. R6961 is there and has continuity. I get 3.4v on pin 5 of J6955 whether it's open or closed. Does that mean the other battery indicator light board is bad as well?