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    Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

    Hello Guys,
    I have a 820-00875 board here which is not booting. Fan spin for some seconds but no boot, actually I saw it booting once but then after putting passcode screen became black and system freezed.

    History
    Mac was working normally and then system freezed with a screen glitch. The customer then rebooted it and it started but stop after he put passcode (same behaviour wich I saw once. No prior repair on motherboard just a changed battery some months ago.

    Diagnosis
    Checked all power lines all present as well as ALL_SYS_PWRGD that sits at 3.3V. L7370, L7220, L8060 and L7900 got 1V stable (I think they should drop around 0.6V) while L7210, L7420, L7410 and L7430 got 0V. L7730 is 1.05V

    Usb ampmeter start 5v then 12.6 and sits at 20.2V once there it goes from 0.02a to 0.20 then sits at 0.32a (battery disconnected, board on desk). Occasionally loop back to 0.02a and come high to 0.32a

    CPUVR_PWM1 and CPUVR_PWM2 bot at 5V
    CPUVR_FCCM is 0v which might be the culprit. This signal should be generated by U7100

    Looking under thermal camera u7330 got 35 degrees celtius on the left up corner (around pin 2,1,12). CPUVR_FCCM is not shorted to ground.

    Resistance for big coils as follow:

    L7370 7.7 ohm
    L7220 4.8 ohm
    L8060 42.6 ohm
    L7900 32 ohm
    L7210 5.5 ohm
    L7420 2.4 ohm
    L7410 2.4 ohm
    L7430 2.4 ohm
    L7730 397 ohm

    At first stage based also on graphic glitch before shut down described by the customer I thought was cpu fried but after I saw it booting once I have some hope for this board so I need some guidance.
    Thanks in advance for any help.
    Last edited by fozzo; 05-19-2022, 02:38 AM.

    #2
    Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

    Check the voltage on the esd dual diodes found on the battery connector for starters.

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      #3
      Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

      Originally posted by mon2 View Post
      Check the voltage on the esd dual diodes found on the battery connector for starters.
      Sorry I don't understand which one you mean but if you mean D6905 is 13V pin 1, 20V pin 2 and 19.7 pin 3
      Last edited by fozzo; 05-19-2022, 02:57 AM.

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        #4
        Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

        Every design by apple has an esd diode on the battery for the smbus interface (scl and sda). Used for communication with the BMS board in the battery pack.

        Measure the voltage of these sda and scl lines.

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          #5
          Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

          It seems that I cannot find what you told me on that battery maybe because its not original. Could you please explain further?

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            #6
            Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

            Attached.
            Attached Files

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              #7
              Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

              I see so

              SMBUS_BATT_SCL is 3.4V
              SMBUS_BATT_SCL is 3.4V

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                #8
                Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

                Good voltage.

                What is the voltage of PPBUS_G3H ? (U7000)

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                  #9
                  Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

                  Originally posted by mon2 View Post
                  Good voltage.

                  What is the voltage of PPBUS_G3H ? (U7000)
                  It was 13.5v but never mind customer decided to not repair it, he said he will buy a new one. Thanks anyway.

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                    #10
                    Re: Macbook Pro A1708 820-00875 No boot

                    They are so brainwashed by the ads and 'cool factor'. Go back for more punishment. My son and wife are the same - Apple or nothing at all. I recall a number of years ago, there was a coverage of 'fake Apple stores' in China. They had a graphic from an official iPOD poster - same graphic as we had here in our building (we were their repair rep in our city for years) but the one in the fake store read 'If you don't have an Apple, you're a loser'. As if...funny though.

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