iMac No Power. Is 12v & 3.3V on PSU pins ok?
Hi All,
I need help to diagnose the issue with my 2011 iMac 21.5" with i7. One day when i came back after dinner I noticed that the display was shutoff but the fans were spinning. I couldn't wake it up so i used the power button to shut it down. After that i cannot start it back up. No fans, no hdd spinning.
I've spent a lot of time in this and other looking at related threads. and diagnosed it this far
- only 1 LED lights up. LED 2,3 or 4 never light up.
- PSU doesn't show any blown capacitor or other issues on visual inspection.
- even after disconnecting the HDD, Optical drive, Bluetooth & wireless the system doesn't start.
- SMC reset doesnt' do anything to help the situation
- logic board doesnt' see any issues on visual inspection.
- All heat sink/fan looked clean without much dust that could indicate a cooling issues
I want help to identify if this is a PSU or Logic board issue. I couldn't get a authoritative pinout diagram for this PSU. I am only getting 3.3 v & 12 v on some of the pins (don't have the exact pin # but i can post later). Not getting any 5v on any of the 14 pins. Also some of the pins don't show any voltage.
I know the ATX powersupply for older pc had a 3.3v along with 5 & 12. What's the deal with the iMac. Are those readings i'm getting correct?
Or is my PSU busted (at this point i'll be glad if that's what it is) given this happened 3 months after i ran out of apple-care.
Any help greatly appreciated.
update
here is the voltage that i'm seeing on the various PSU pins
- 1 - GND
- 2 - 3.3v
- 3 - 12.1v
- 4 - 12.1v
- 5 - 12.1v
- 6 - 12.1v
- 7 - 0v
- 8 - 0v
- 9 - 3.3v
- 10 - 0v
- 11 - 12.1v
- 12 - 0v
- 13 - 0v
- 14 - 0v
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by kamilerdmanski