Check main power rails for the machine. PPBUS_G3H PP3V3_S5, PP3V3_S3, PP5V_S5, PP5V_S3. These acronyms are very simple, in the schematic it says how much power should be there. And if you don't see it, you can guess. PP3V42.. 3.42v. PP3V3_S5, 3.3v. PP5V_S5, 5v. The S number is when it should be there. S5, be there when it's off. S3, be there when it's sleeping. S0, be there when it's on. If any are missing, you have an idea where to start looking. In terms of posting pictures of schematics, I have no idea what board you have, but you can google the 820 number and find schematics and boardviews available from many sites.
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Check main power rails for the machine. PPBUS_G3H PP3V3_S5, PP3V3_S3, PP5V_S5, PP5V_S3. These acronyms are very simple, in the schematic it says how much power should be there. And if you don't see it, you can guess. PP3V42.. 3.42v. PP3V3_S5, 3.3v. PP5V_S5, 5v. The S number is when it should be there. S5, be there when it's off. S3, be there when it's sleeping. S0, be there when it's on. If any are missing, you have an idea where to start looking. In terms of posting pictures of schematics, I have no idea what board you have, but you can google the 820 number and find schematics and boardviews available from many sites.
The green light comes from PP3V42_G3H, which is a power rail independent from the rest. PPBUS_G3H is the main power rail that the rest of the system comes from, it is an 8v rail in the case of Macbook Airs. 3.3v rails, 5v rails, CPU vcore rails, memory power all comes from that one rail, so if you don't have it you're kinda screwed. Before we can even go trying to turn it on,Second thing to do
this must be present. A green or amber light with battery plugged in just means you have PP3V42_G3H which isn't that impressive.
Also you will get the light, but no power, even if clock signal is not present. Find out if you have RTC present, I don't know where to tell you to search for SYSCLK_RTC on your board because I don't know your board's 820 model number. You can check it with an oscilloscope. Without RTC present nothing will power on, because nothing knows to start working. You should see a waveform lo
Third thing to ask is if this is an i5/i7 model. All the core i5 and core i7 models will turn themselves on with a charger plugged in, so if it is one of these models we do not even need to try a new keyboard/trackpad/trackpad cable combo to see if your issue is just that of a bad power button. 90% of the time these don't turn on just because of a failed power button.
If this is a core 2 duo machine it will only turn on when you hit the power button on the keyboard, so if that is the case, you are not so lucky. You can short SMC_ONOFF_L pad to ground as well but it is easy on this board to short bad things on the trackpad cable connector so I just suggest finding a keyboard/trackpad/trackpad cable combo and hitting power with a new keyboard. Most of the time it is simple liquid damage the customer lied about because they think if they lie it will magically go away, it is silly human thinking.
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There is a good chance this is fixable just from basic spill damage to the keyboard, but no way to know until the measuring gets started.
Check main power rails for the machine. PPBUS_G3H PP3V3_S5, PP3V3_S3, PP5V_S5, PP5V_S3. These acronyms are very simple, in the schematic it says how much power should be there. And if you don't see it, you can guess. PP3V42.. 3.42v. PP3V3_S5, 3.3v. PP5V_S5, 5v. The S number is when it should be there. S5, be there when it's off. S3, be there when it's sleeping. S0, be there when it's on. If any are missing, you have an idea where to start looking.
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Check main power rails for the machine. PPBUS_G3H PP3V3_S5, PP3V3_S3, PP5V_S5, PP5V_S3. These acronyms are very simple, in the schematic it says how much power should be there. And if you don't see it, you can guess. PP3V42.. 3.42v. PP3V3_S5, 3.3v. PP5V_S5, 5v. The S number is when it should be there. S5, be there when it's off. S3, be there when it's sleeping. S0, be there when it's on. If any are missing, you have an idea where to start looking. In terms of posting pictures of schematics, I have no idea what board you have, but you can google the 820 number and find schematics and boardviews available from many sites.
The green light comes from PP3V42_G3H, which is a power rail independent from the rest. PPBUS_G3H is the main power rail that the rest of the system comes from, it is an 8v rail in the case of Macbook Airs. 3.3v rails, 5v rails, CPU vcore rails, memory power all comes from that one rail, so if you don't have it you're kinda screwed. Before we can even go trying to turn it on,Second thing to do
this must be present. A green or amber light with battery plugged in just means you have PP3V42_G3H which isn't that impressive.
Also you will get the light, but no power, even if clock signal is not present. Find out if you have RTC present, I don't know where to tell you to search for SYSCLK_RTC on your board because I don't know your board's 820 model number. You can check it with an oscilloscope. Without RTC present nothing will power on, because nothing knows to start working. You should see a waveform lo
Third thing to ask is if this is an i5/i7 model. All the core i5 and core i7 models will turn themselves on with a charger plugged in, so if it is one of these models we do not even need to try a new keyboard/trackpad/trackpad cable combo to see if your issue is just that of a bad power button. 90% of the time these don't turn on just because of a failed power button.
If this is a core 2 duo machine it will only turn on when you hit the power button on the keyboard, so if that is the case, you are not so lucky. You can short SMC_ONOFF_L pad to ground as well but it is easy on this board to short bad things on the trackpad cable connector so I just suggest finding a keyboard/trackpad/trackpad cable combo and hitting power with a new keyboard. Most of the time it is simple liquid damage the customer lied about because they think if they lie it will magically go away, it is silly human thinking.
Check main power rails for the machine. PPBUS_G3H PP3V3_S5, PP3V3_S3, PP5V_S5, PP5V_S3. These acronyms are very simple, in the schematic it says how much power should be there. And if you don't see it, you can guess. PP3V42.. 3.42v. PP3V3_S5, 3.3v. PP5V_S5, 5v. The S number is when it should be there. S5, be there when it's off. S3, be there when it's sleeping. S0, be there when it's on. If any are missing, you have an idea where to start looking.
The green light comes from PP3V42_G3H, which is a power rail independent from the rest. PPBUS_G3H is the main power rail that the rest of the system comes from, it is an 8v rail in the case of Macbook Airs. 3.3v rails, 5v rails, CPU vcore rails, memory power all comes from that one rail, so if you don't have it you're kinda screwed. Before we can even go trying to turn it on,Second thing to do
this must be present. A green or amber light with battery plugged in just means you have PP3V42_G3H which isn't that impressive.
Also you will get the light, but no power, even if clock signal is not present. Find out if you have RTC present, I don't know where to tell you to search for SYSCLK_RTC on your board because I don't know your board's 820 model number. You can check it with an oscilloscope. Without RTC present nothing will power on, because nothing knows to start working. You should see a waveform lo
Third thing to ask is if this is an i5/i7 model. All the core i5 and core i7 models will turn themselves on with a charger plugged in, so if it is one of these models we do not even need to try a new keyboard/trackpad/trackpad cable combo to see if your issue is just that of a bad power button. 90% of the time these don't turn on just because of a failed power button.
If this is a core 2 duo machine it will only turn on when you hit the power button on the keyboard, so if that is the case, you are not so lucky. You can short SMC_ONOFF_L pad to ground as well but it is easy on this board to short bad things on the trackpad cable connector so I just suggest finding a keyboard/trackpad/trackpad cable combo and hitting power with a new keyboard. Most of the time it is simple liquid damage the customer lied about because they think if they lie it will magically go away, it is silly human thinking.