Battery Port Tester A4597
MacBook Pro 13-Inch
Mac: A1502 2013-2015
Battery: A1493, A1582
MacBook Pro retina 13"
Battery Port Tester A4596
MacBook Pro 15-Inch
Mac: A1398 2013-2015
Battery: A1417, A1494, A1686
MacBook Pro retina 15"
Battery Simulator / Battery Port Tester / Known Good Battery
The CMIzapper Battery Simulator is an easy to use tool to see many interesting things about a Mac motherboard you are working on.
It does two things:
1- It 'pretends' to be a battery. Essentially it is a 'Known Good' Battery. So no need to connect a real, bulky, expensive and vulnerable battery wile repairing. Many Macs will not power-on without a battery, and many (≥ 2011) will run at 1/4 speed without a battery. Plugging in the CMIzapper Battery Port Tester is much easier and safer than using a real (Apple) battery.
2- The tester has many LEDs that give you useful information about what is and what is not working on the Mac motherboard.
It shows if the SMC is alive and running.
It shows if the charger controller (ISL) is alive and running by communicating with it.
It shows you if the Mac is trying to charge the 'battery'.
It shows if the charging voltage is dangerously high (plus the speaker will bleep to warn you).
If there is a problem with the I2C bus itself it will tell you the problem.
It can also be connected to the Medusa in Listener mode. The display of the Medusa will show even more information:
The charging voltage supplied by the Mac
The value of System Presence Detect resistor R6950. This resistor in the Mac tells the battery to talk to the Mac.
Ordering:
Different Macs will need different versions of this board.
You will have to connect the plug from an old battery of the appropriate model.
Price 85 euro (mount your own battery plug)
(free shipping by registered mail)
Instructions
The instruction for this product are HERE.
Battery Port Tester A4598
MacBook Pro Unibody 15" old style
Mac: A1286 2009-2010
Battery: A1321
MacBook Unibody 13"
MacBook Unibody 15"
MacBook Unibody 17"
Battery Port Tester A4601
MacBook Pro Unibody 17" old style
Mac: A1297 2009-2010
Battery: A1309
Battery Port Tester A4586
MacBook Unibody
Mac: A1278 2009-2012
Battery: A1322
MacBook White Unibody
Mac: A1342 2009-2010
Battery: A1331
Battery Port Tester A4586
MacBook Unibody 17" new style
Mac: A1297 2011
Battery: A1383
Battery Port Tester A4586
MacBook Unibody 15" new style
Mac: A1297 2011-2012
Battery: A1382
MacBook Air 13" (2010-2017)
Battery Port Tester A4593
MacBook Air 13-Inch
Mac: A1369 2010-2011
Mac: A1466 2012-2017
Battery: A1377, A1405, A1496
Sold without the battery plug. You will have to take the plug from an old (dead) battery.
Price: 50 Euro (special offer!) including shipping
MacBook Air 13" Retina
Battery Port Tester A4600
MacBook Air 13-Inch
Mac: A1932 2018-2019 820-01521
Mac: A2179 Early 2020 820-01958
A2337 MacBook Air M1
NEW!
With PMIC check! On those models that have an intelligent PMIC (820-01958), a LED will light green to show if the PMIC is alive.
MacBook Pro 2017-now
Battery Port Tester A4602
For all new models where the battery attaches with a tiny flex and a big screw.
For all models (like A1706) where the battery tab sticks out to the left. Not for the 14/16 inch models where the battery tab sticks out downward.
With PMIC check! On those models that have an intelligent PMIC, a LED will light green to show if the PMIC is alive.
