Macbook air 820-00165-A fixing

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  • bargo
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    • Aug 2022
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    #61
    The good thing is that, now I know all the stuff are working, because they were successfully initialized by linux drivers, including wifi/bluetooth, keyboard USB. I just need to get the correct bios.

    Oh man, I have a chime now apparently this guy is good to go for a round of testing

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    • bargo
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      • Aug 2022
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      #62
      Right now I have this 820-00165-A and another brother 820-00165-A logic board both working on the same level.

      I have a problem with both logic boards that could be due to something I don't yet know. They pass all Apple diagnostic with ADP000 result which means no errors were found. When I boot into OSX on Big Sur or later Monetery, I get a very slow machine, the speed of the processor on both logic boards are constantly at 800Mhz according to the powermetrics.

      I then booted into Ubuntu for both logic boards the processor speeds were changing according to load just as normal so I can see 2500Mhz and 500Mjz

      my IMON circuitry seems to be fine except that OSX needs something special, while linux run the processor on its optimal speed as needed.

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      • mon2
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        • Dec 2019
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        #63
        https://www.it-tech.com.au/how-to-re...way-issue/amp/

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        • bargo
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          • Aug 2022
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          #64
          The osx loads fine in my case, its not stuck, but its very slow clokcing at half default base clock of 1.6ghz so its clocking at 800mhz always

          I have identified one reason for the Performance throttling and it seems to be due to this thing "GPU LIMIT GTDRIVER" according to powermetrics

          Whats more interesting I could not find any search engine result with that matched string "GPU LIMIT GTDRIVER​"
          Attached Files

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          • mon2
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            • Dec 2019
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            #65
            Still review the shared link - from the landing page:

            This cross-checking confirms that the logic board is faulty, but not “stop” booting, just extremely slow.

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            • bargo
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              • Aug 2022
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              #66
              Originally posted by mon2
              Still review the shared link - from the landing page:

              This cross-checking confirms that the logic board is faulty, but not “stop” booting, just extremely slow.
              I will do so, seems to be relevant but both logic boards with the same issue, only on OSX

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              • bargo
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                • Aug 2022
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                #67
                Yes as I guessed its not actually logical, just go for another round of batteries and both logic boards are working again just in their full clocks as normal..

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