820-4668 – Apple A1418

The Apple A1418 is built on the 820-4668 board. The catalog lists 2 files for it: 1 BIOS file and 1 schematic.

Revisions seen in file names: A. The earliest file dates from May 2023 (Schematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics and BIOS Archive).

BIOS dumps 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
7.1 MB
A
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Schematics 1

FileSizeRevAddedSource
1.4 MB
A
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Board facts

Board number820-4668
NumberingApple board number
RevisionsA
First seen2023-05-29
Source channelsSchematics & Boardviews Archive, Cyberlan Electronics, BIOS Archive
About the numberApple logic boards are numbered 820-xxxx or 820-xxxxx; the trailing letter is the revision.

Apple models for this logic board

A-numberModelYears
A1418iMac 21.5-inch2012–2019

A-numbers come from the file names; the model names and years are Apple's published identifiers.

Laptops that use 820-4668

What these files are for

A BIOS dump is a full image of the board's SPI flash chip. It is written back with an SPI programmer when the original firmware is corrupted, after a chip replacement, or to recover from a failed update. Read and save the original chip first: serial number, DMI data and the Intel ME / AMD PSP state differ between boards.

A schematic is the circuit diagram of the main board: power rails, power-up sequence, component values and net names. It is the reference for measuring voltages and tracing a fault.

Tools to open these files

FormatWhat it isOpen with
.pdfPDF schematicany PDF reader; Sumatra PDF and Foxit handle large schematics well
.rarRAR archive7-Zip or WinRAR
.binBIOS image inside the archive (usually .bin)a CH341A, XGecu T48 / TL866II Plus or RT809H programmer

Questions

Is there a boardview for 820-4668?

No boardview has been indexed for 820-4668 yet; the schematic is available on this page.

Which laptops use the 820-4668 board?

Files in the catalog link 820-4668 to the Apple A1418.

Where do the download links go?

Each button opens the original public Telegram post the file was shared in. ChambersDesignInc.com only indexes and cross-references those posts.