Need Help Reparing Ants infested Macbook
Hello guys. So, I bought this "dead battery" Macbook Air 2015 A1465 hoping to make it good enough for personal use.
When I got home, it turned on right away but indeed, battery was stuck at 1%. But after around 5 minutes it died and wont turn on again, no lights on charger.
Opened the laptop, lots of ants inside, cleaned it up with isopropyl alcohol. Found that PPDCIN_G3H_INRUSH capacitor was shorted, so replaced it and re-assemble it.
Laptop turns on fine for about 15 mins, did a reset and while reinstalling Macos, the laptop became intermittent, charger gets disconnected randomly again and again. But everytime, it boots back up.
The issue gets worse and worse. When I was about to sleep, it can't turn on for more than around 10 seconds anymore. Sometimes no light on charger. Then, next day I tried turning it on again, died after the boot chime and won't turn on anymore. Orange light still present.
So, opened the laptop again, while charger plugged, found that PPV42_G3H inductor is warm. Then unplugged, checked resistances, PP42_G3H inductor had 50 ohms even though the voltage is present at 3.4v. Also found that PPDDR_S3_REG has only 5 ohms.
Lifted the PPDDR_S3_REG inductor and low resistance is on the load side. Injected 1v, it pulls around 0.2 amps but can't feel anything hot. (Don't have a thermal cam unfortunately).
Is this machine done for? Asking just incase there is any hope left lol. Should I try injecting more voltage? Any tips is appreciated. Thanks and sorry for the long read.
Link to schematic & boardview https://www.badcaps.net/forum/docume...atic-boardview
When I got home, it turned on right away but indeed, battery was stuck at 1%. But after around 5 minutes it died and wont turn on again, no lights on charger.
Opened the laptop, lots of ants inside, cleaned it up with isopropyl alcohol. Found that PPDCIN_G3H_INRUSH capacitor was shorted, so replaced it and re-assemble it.
Laptop turns on fine for about 15 mins, did a reset and while reinstalling Macos, the laptop became intermittent, charger gets disconnected randomly again and again. But everytime, it boots back up.
The issue gets worse and worse. When I was about to sleep, it can't turn on for more than around 10 seconds anymore. Sometimes no light on charger. Then, next day I tried turning it on again, died after the boot chime and won't turn on anymore. Orange light still present.
So, opened the laptop again, while charger plugged, found that PPV42_G3H inductor is warm. Then unplugged, checked resistances, PP42_G3H inductor had 50 ohms even though the voltage is present at 3.4v. Also found that PPDDR_S3_REG has only 5 ohms.
Lifted the PPDDR_S3_REG inductor and low resistance is on the load side. Injected 1v, it pulls around 0.2 amps but can't feel anything hot. (Don't have a thermal cam unfortunately).
Is this machine done for? Asking just incase there is any hope left lol. Should I try injecting more voltage? Any tips is appreciated. Thanks and sorry for the long read.
Link to schematic & boardview https://www.badcaps.net/forum/docume...atic-boardview
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