tswartfiguer
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820-2936-a & b
Are you sure your board isn't the 820-2915-B 15.4" Macbook Pro Late 2011?
Are you sure your board isn't the 820-2915-B 15.4" Macbook Pro Late 2011?
Hello,
Great Forum.
I have a 2011 MBP 13" logic board 820-2936-B with a black screen. The system will post and display is good on external monitor. In the Video connector area A small black resistor/capacitor? was missing. Two components had a damaged foot. marked KNP Y3 AND S8, lastly the 40 pin video connector was damaged slightly. using a IR rework system I replaced the connector and the three components. All fuses are tested good. I am still getting the same issue. Black screen but working with an external monitor. I would love direction to the video circuit on the logic board? or pictures showing proper voltage points or resistance measures for the video and backlight circuits. Sounds like the WLED driver is a typical backlight failure, is there a typical video signal failed component. Liquid damaged cleaned with ultra sonic bath using A1 solution.
Thanks in advance.
Are you sure your board isn't the 820-2915-B 15.4" Macbook Pro Late 2011?
I think it is the Early 2011 15" MBP 8.1, it has the 2.2 i7 with the Radeon HD 6750M.
You're Right! Good eye. I set the LVDS back a bit to connect with a trace I exposed after I tore off a pad pulling off the old LVDS. I just got a IR rework station and it was my first lift on a working logic board. I figured it would be a little easier to bridge a connection if the LVDS were closer to the trace. sure enough I needed just a little more solder. After reflowing each of the 40 joints. I have back light and video signal! too cool!I might be wrong but it looks like the LVDS connector is a little to far back in its pad, also it doesn't look like there is a lot of solder on the legs of the LVDS connector either, this could be part of your problem.
The WLED Driver is the little QFN package to the right of the connector looking from the view you posted in the picture " U9701 " on the schematic and board view file. I dont think the 2 things you pointed out that were missing had anything to do with the black screen problem I looked at them on the board view and they don't connect to the LVDS or the WLED Driver that I can see anyway. I would make sure that fuse for the backing is good before doing anything else.
Do you have the schematic and board view?
You're Right! Good eye. I set the LVDS back a bit to connect with a trace I exposed after I tore off a pad pulling off the old LVDS. I just got a IR rework station and it was my first lift on a working logic board. I figured it would be a little easier to bridge a connection if the LVDS were closer to the trace. sure enough I needed just a little more solder. After reflowing each of the 40 joints. I have back light and video signal! too cool!Will see how the rest of it is when I load the OS.
You mentioned the components I replaced were not of the video or backlight circuit. should I be looking for issues anywhere in particular with those ic's?
Great forum ! and Thanks tswartfiguer!!!!![]()
Yea it is the 820-2915-B logic board, I don't have the schematic for this board but I am sure it is out there somewhere. Just google it and see what you come up with.
I have been doing that but to no avail.But I will keep searching. Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Tito
I found it just PM me with your email and I will send it to you.
Those last three pins are the backlight pins so at a minimum you need to replace the LVDS cable. You also need to look inside the LVDS connector because it is possible that the interior pins are also corroded or plastic melted in that corresponding connection.
The fuse is identified in my attachment. That is likely blown.
I found it just PM me with your email and I will send it to you.
I give up, after many hours of searching I can't find the capacitor nor the IC.I believe the schematic is not dumb proof.
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Thanks for all your help!
Tito
Don't jump that fuse. You risk letting the smoke out of your circuit.
The fuse if good will read the same as when you touch your probe tips together.
Your IC looks like U7400 and the capacitor should be C7521.
are you using the board viewer and the board view file to locate the IC and capacitor. I dont know if you know or not but the capacitors are like brownish yellow in color and the 0420 size capacitors are very small. If you not useing the board view file you will never find it. It is in the zip file posted above. Dont give up either it is hard but it all can be done. Sometimes you just need the right tools. what is the capacitor number you are looking for anyway? should be "CXXXX" x being the numbers after C maybe I can help find it
Don't jump that fuse. You risk letting the smoke out of your circuit.
The fuse if good will read the same as when you touch your probe tips together.