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    820-3332 POSTS but has short damage 12V8 to 3V3

    Hi

    I have an 820-3332 that chimes, has fan spin and has disk activity (see indicator light on external drive flashing) but nothing appears on either internal or external display.

    U8900 already re-soldered twice with no improvement.

    For the reasons below, I'm pretty sure the GPU and/or Graphics MUX is fried but since the board has signs of life, I would appreciate any guidance that can be offered before I throw the board into the parts bin.

    First the bad news: There was one spot of corrosion that had connected 12V8 at C8925-1 (PPVIN_S5_HS_GPU_ISNS == PPVIN_S0_GFXIMVP) to an UNUSED 3V3 level GPU output signal (GPU_ROM_SCLK) via this path:

    U8000-H4 to R8724-2 (no stuff) to R8715-1 (no stuff) to R8714-2.

    Now, the really bad news. The short also connected 12V8 to 3V3 (PP3V3_GPU_VDD33 == PP3V3_S0GPU) via this branch from the above circuit:

    R8714-2 thru 24.9K to R8714-1 to C8721-1 (no stuff) to U8701-7, 8 (no stuff)

    All the above traces were burnt out along with R8714 except for U8701-7 to U8701-8 and the 3V3 connection to R8714-1 pad.

    All 3V3 users on both sides of the board are confirmed to still get 3V3 except I can't verify that U8000 (GPU) or U9100 (GPU MUX) are still getting 3V3 as the connections are hidden under those parts. Unfortunately, I do not have the equipment/skills to remove or replace those kind of parts.

    For what it's worth, 3V3 is present at R8714-1 but not at C8721-1 or U8701-7 and 8.

    Am I correct in assuming the GPU and/or Graphics MUX are fried and possibly other 3V3 users and this board should just be used for parts?

    Again, would greatly appreciate any advice.

    #2
    Re: 820-3332 POSTS but has short damage 12V8 to 3V3

    u can turn this board into uma

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      #3
      Re: 820-3332 POSTS but has short damage 12V8 to 3V3

      Interesting suggestion and it sounds promising but while the laptop seems to boot and access the drive, I can't get anything on the internal or external display. I've tried safe mode and recovery mode with internal and external displays and no luck. Without a display, how do I access terminal mode to use the PMSET command? Or do I need to remove and modify the EFI/BIOS to disable the discrete GPU?

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        #4
        Re: 820-3332 POSTS but has short damage 12V8 to 3V3

        uma conversion is only hardware mod by removing some component and solder some jumper wire.

        conversion guide in this thread. (read whole thread expecially latest post)
        https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=117531
        Attached Files

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          #5
          Re: 820-3332 POSTS but has short damage 12V8 to 3V3

          Thanks for the info. Read through your thread, the RAR files and watched the video. I'm concerned the conversion might not work in this case since I can't get any video even if I try to start in Recovery or Safe mode where the processor defaults to the integrated GPU.

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