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Hello, I’ve recently figured out that for some reason my facetime camera is not working even after SMC or PRAM reset procedures. I was able to locate the problem and it was an L4010 chip near the backlight connector of the keyboard. Due to my mistake, while I was working on the keyboard, I’ve accidentally connected the facetime camera connector while the battery is connected. I think this caused the problem. To fix the issue, I was able to order the chip for L4010 which is FERR-120-ohm-1.5A from Digikey. The problem is that due to the burnt L4010 chip, the PCB pad is missing, and need to find another place to solder the chip by jumping wire. Is there any good place to put jumper wire for the chip? I’ve included some ref photos for the boards.
@martini964 here you go. Contact 1 from L4010 to C7330 contact 1 for PP5V_S0 and L4010 pin 2 to pin 12 of J4002.
Ouch! This is not going to be easy ;-[ The inductor pads are located in the middle of the ground plane which is that large copper surface that surrounds it. At this point you’ll need to locate a point where you can solder patch wires. Using the boardview locate PPv5V_S3RSO_ALSCAM_F line (ALS contact #12) as well as PP5V_SO. Now solder the SMD onto the wire make sure the lines are as short as you can ands insulate them.
