MacBook Pro A1990 Not turning on, drawing 0.11A at 20V repair

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MacBook Pro A1990 Not turning on, drawing 0.11A at 20V repair
Device MacBook Pro A1990
Affects part(s) Motherboard
Needs equipment multimeter, soldering iron, soldering station, thermal camera
Difficulty ◉◉◉◌ Hard
Type Soldering


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Problem description

A1990 MacBook not turning on and only drawing 0.11A at 20V

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Symptoms

  • MacBook not turning on
  • current draw of 0.11A at 20V as shown by USB-C meter

Solution

PP2V5_NAND_SSD0 can be shorted (in this case, PPBUS_G3H luckily didn't go to SSD)

I replaced SSD buck converter but the short was still there, found a shorted cap on the other side of the board C9088 which relieved the short on PP2V5_NAND_SSD0