Mac Air A1466 not starting

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • smic717394
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2017
    • 93
    • Spain

    #1

    Mac Air A1466 not starting

    Hi guys,

    I have a Mac air A1466 2015 8GB, it came dead, no light on charger, nothing. The current on the psu was about 45mah. After reflowing the SMC, not I get light on the charger, its charging the battery, cpu has 1,8V, ram vas voltage, ssd too. So when pressing the power button with the battery in the current jumps to about 1,8A, without the battery, when its off, its about 40mah, pressing the power goes to agout 500mah, cpu gets warm, ram too, but no fan spin and no image. I know its coming on because I see the current change on the psu.

    The cpu has about 6,8ohm, and all other have high values, could it be the smc, or is there anything I can check

    Thank you.
  • mon2
    Badcaps Legend
    • Dec 2019
    • 14190
    • Canada

    #2
    What is the voltage of PPBUS_G3H to ground? Is the voltage here stable?

    Comment

    • smic717394
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2017
      • 93
      • Spain

      #3
      PPBUS_G3H with the battery connectes has 7,5v that is the battery voltage, with the battery disconnected is 8,574v measured on F7140 other voltages

      P3V42: 1,2v
      PP3V42: 4,4v
      P3V42G3H_Boost: 9,3v
      P3V42G3H_SW: 4,4v
      PPVIN: 17,3V
      P3V42G3H_SHDN:17,3

      5V present
      PCH has 1v
      CPU on each of the 2 coins has 1.8v
      3,3V present

      CPU gets mad hot, fan not coming on, screen not coming on

      Comment

      • mon2
        Badcaps Legend
        • Dec 2019
        • 14190
        • Canada

        #4
        Review this flowchart:

        G3 to S3 State for Ivy Bridge Haswell and Broadwell - LogiWiki

        Comment

        • reformatt
          Badcaps Legend
          • Feb 2020
          • 1410
          • Australia

          #5
          6 ohms sounds too low. What speed is the CPU? Normally at least 10 ohms or more for 1.6 or 1.8G CPU so cpu could be damaged.

          Comment

          • piernov
            Super Moderator
            • Jan 2016
            • 4435
            • France

            #6
            Probably measured when warm. Better reball SMC than just reflow. Could need a replacement.
            OpenBoardView — https://github.com/OpenBoardView/OpenBoardView

            Comment

            Related Topics

            Collapse

            • psdavid65
              A1466 820-3437-B Bios Problem
              by psdavid65
              I received a 2013 Macbook Air A1466 A1466 820-3437-B motherboard WITHOUT a bios chip. I got a new bios chip and reprogrammed it. Macbook now powers on but doesn't boot the SSD. I've flashed a ton of bios but still same problem. Windows installation works with this Macbook but never a mac installation. Unfortunately, since I didn't receive this macbook with a bios chip, I don't have the original bios. What can I do now?
              06-18-2024, 05:26 AM
            • dimis1975
              Macbook A1466 2014 not charging with macsafe 2 charger
              by dimis1975
              I have a macboook air a1466 that stopped charging the battery.

              BAT PINS: with or without ADAPTER IN
              1- GND
              2- GND
              3- GND
              4-0V sense pin
              5-3.42V
              6-3.42V
              7- 8.4V
              8- 8.4V
              9- 8.4V

              AC Adapter plugged in: after a lot of of hours some times start charging
              No BAT Connected- Green to Orange
              AC Adapter plugged in: BAT Connected- no light
              The strange thing, when I tried a mac charger usb-c with usb-c to macsafe 2 adapter works normally and charging.
              Any ideas what’s wrong please?...
              Today, 03:43 AM
            • Sergio Kub
              MAcbook Air A1466 EMC 3178 - 2017 Boot
              by Sergio Kub
              Could someone help me?
              I have a Macbook Air A1466 EMC 3178 - 2017, board 820-00165 and sometimes the boot interrupts with an image of a folder and a question mark.
              Could it be the BIOS?
              07-08-2025, 04:41 PM
            • Sergio Kub
              Macbook Air A1466 EMC 3178 - 2017 Boot
              by Sergio Kub
              Could someone help me?
              I have a Macbook Air A1466 EMC 3178 - 2017, board 820-00165 and sometimes the boot interrupts with an image of a folder and a question mark.
              Could it be the BIOS?
              07-08-2025, 04:12 PM
            • dbuergi
              Need assistance for reballing / replacing i5 CPU on a Macbook A1466
              by dbuergi
              Hi all,

              i have some A1466 logicboards for gaining soldering and electronic experience. One board has a dead CPU and since i have several spares i want to change it. Unsoldering it was no problem but heat from the top showed that the CPU bent. I think too much heat was the problem.
              So for unsoldering my spare parts and soldering back i would ask for some advises.
              On most youtube videos you don't get any temperatures. Only helpfull video was one where the heat came from the bottom.
              I have a small USB heating plate and a Atten ST-862D with several nozles.
              06-27-2025, 02:59 AM
            • Loading...
            • No more items.
            Working...