working on a supermicro server PDB
i attach a photo of how it looks
it suddenly died and the symptom is when pressing power on it sends a brief dc voltage and imediatly shuts down.
fan spins briefly and stops.
the power supply connected to it is working tested for sure (tested on another good pdb)
cannot find a short anywhere on the board, capacitors visually seem to be ok.
standby voltage is present (5v) also vdd to the power ic chip is present (also 5v).
thanks for the link
but can't find any port that is boot looping
the only thing that is diffrent between the others is that the main port starts off with 0.00a 5v
tv had backlight on, sound working - responds to the remote control but no image.
check tcon board - had 12v in but no other voltages present.
when disconnected left ribbon cable - got back voltages and half image with lines and distorsion
when leaving only left side connected - again no voltages and no image.
put a tape on all (cd?! lines) on the left ribbon cable and got complete but distorted image (horizontal lines).
kept trying to block less pins on the left ribbon cable...
r5530 and u5530 is missing
the boards never been touched, all original and look like it's missing by design.
here are some attached photos of it..
also missing those components on a good working board
the low resistance on these rails could be the cause of the issue - PP3V3_G3S_X and PP3V3_GS3_WLAN ?
what is connecting between the two?
if yes, how would you recommend to try and resolve it?
update - tried everything possible related to software - update, safe boot etc... and still seem like wifi is only working out of OS and not in OS regardless of the version..
could the problem be the low resistance on both these rails - PP3V3_G3S_X and PP3V3_GS3_WLAN ?
if yes, would love for an idea on how to diagnose it and find the cause..
you are absolutely right, so it's either i was readng the meter wrong or something changed after voltage injection.
now i was reading 52ohm on PP3V3_G3S_X and PP3V3_GS3_WLAN
so i ended up soldering "new" U8215 from donor board (which was getting extremely hot at the beginning when nothing worked)
now getting 3.3v on both rails
now, it looks like a tough nut to crack because now WIFI WORKS before recovery screen (on black screen with earth logo),
but not in the recovery itself... i ended up installing with LAN cable which also...
hi
"still same short, now with usb cable connected this specific area is not getting warm anymore.."
by that i mean - after i pulled out of the board U8215 - this area is no longer getting warm..
also all pins under U8215 seems to be ok and not shorted other than PP3V3_G3S_X ofcourse..
pulled out U8215 hoping it might be the cause of the short... but with it out of circuit PP3V3_G3S_X is still shorted...
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