hi guys,
recently picked up a a1181 macbook with a K36b motherboard..
Mainboard was dead but still charging.
Bought a replacement board, system boots, see's battery but says "battery not charging", if the battery is dead or not in (with the charger in), the system won't boot..
Constant Green LED on the charger cable, when the system is on, Orange if I plug it in when off (does not charge)
PCB is clean, no water damage and can't see any thing visibly wrong, all the fuses are ok..
I have a schematic for the system, I don't know what I should look for in there..
I have a crazy idea to bodge it back together...
Seeing as the battery is working and has it's own built in protection. Could I just install a 11~12v switching regulator (amp or two), running off the 16v input from the charger, directly to the battery terminals inside the system...
??
Battery specs:
Lithium
10.8v @59wh (or 59 "ebay-watthours") or 5400 mah (I think I calculated that right)....
System can read the battery, so I'm guessing the serial portion of it's working.
I can fully charge the battery with the dead PCB
Also every one of this model I've found online has crud on the RAM, I think it's the plating on the DIMM's reacting with the metal in the RAM slots...
Thanks for any help
EDIT: after looking deeper the not charging board has no 12 rail