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> Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>
>> Seems like a power transistor (probably a MOSFET)  for the switch 
>> mode regulator. Typically used to drop the 3.3 Volts down to the 
>> 1.4-2.0 volts used by most CPUs.  That circuit is pretty far in from 
>> the outside world.  If I had to take a guess two things might have 
>> happened, it was shorted by a screw or some other piece of metal or 
>> the least likely one of the capacitors shorted and caused an over 
>> current situation.  Either way motherboard is bye-bye.  Sorry.
>
>
> Or possibly shorted by collection of conductive dust????
>
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LOL, that was so wrong man...
Hope dust never gets that conductive.  I wouldn't own a single piece of 
electronic/electrical gear.


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