Monday, October 9, 2023

Lenovo G480 (LA-7981P) RAM Section Repair

Laptop Model : Lenovo G480

Board Number : LA-7981P REV1.0

Fault : RAM Section Repair

Repair Process :

The plug-in test current is 0.8 and there is no jump. The upper and lower case lights do not light up. It is judged that there is no memory. Even after replacing the memory, it still doesn't light up.

I took out the motherboard and checked that there is no short circuit on the whole board. I measured that the memory power supply is 1.5V and it is normal.

The memory VTT power supply is 0.75V, which is normal.


Flashing the BIOS failed. The oscilloscope measured the memory data waveform and found that it was at a low level.




Open the drawing and check that the CPU reset BUF_CPU_RST# 1.05V is normal.








Check DRAMPWRGD, 1.5V is normal, and the SMBUS waveform captured by the oscilloscope is normal. Strangely, after replacing the memory again, there is still no data waveform. 

Thinking that there was another CPU memory module that I had not checked, I quickly found the power supply of the CPU memory module on the drawing and found that it was abnormal, only 0.4V.



Continue to trace the source, which comes from Mosfet conversion. When measuring the D-level Mosfet, 1.5V is normal, while the S-level one is only 0.4V.



Notice that there is an isolation point next to it, and observe that there is indeed an isolation point on the motherboard. This is easy to handle. Remove the Mosfet, and use the Solder at the isolation point to illuminate the Laptop.




Happy Repairing !!

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