Hello,
I opened my Dell Studio Hybrid 140g for RAM upgrade and was doing it, maybe the power charger was still plugged in but the unit was turned off, although i was careful enough, there was some small electric spark at a point on the motherboard, which I assumed was a temporary short.
However after this incident, the computer powers up and boots (Windows 7) correctly, but whenever I run any media playing application (XBMC,VLC) or even while during general usage, the computer shuts off randomly. Here is the PC with opened guts :
I inspected the motherboard and located the shorted part (dont know is it an IC, resistance, transistor, MOFSET or whatever, not very electronically literate). Have a look at the pictures...the shorted part is visible and encircled.
So just want to know , if someone has any experience with motherboard repair, that can this kind of fault be replaced with an identical part and remedied.
Fortunately I have a ditto same dead motherboard (Dell Part No P096C) lying with me, with the same part intact.
If a replacement can be done then I can try finding a repair technician to do the job.
Would appreciate if there is any proposed method to do it , or any precautions to be observed to make such a transplant surgery successful.
Thanks.
I opened my Dell Studio Hybrid 140g for RAM upgrade and was doing it, maybe the power charger was still plugged in but the unit was turned off, although i was careful enough, there was some small electric spark at a point on the motherboard, which I assumed was a temporary short.
However after this incident, the computer powers up and boots (Windows 7) correctly, but whenever I run any media playing application (XBMC,VLC) or even while during general usage, the computer shuts off randomly. Here is the PC with opened guts :
I inspected the motherboard and located the shorted part (dont know is it an IC, resistance, transistor, MOFSET or whatever, not very electronically literate). Have a look at the pictures...the shorted part is visible and encircled.
So just want to know , if someone has any experience with motherboard repair, that can this kind of fault be replaced with an identical part and remedied.
Fortunately I have a ditto same dead motherboard (Dell Part No P096C) lying with me, with the same part intact.
If a replacement can be done then I can try finding a repair technician to do the job.
Would appreciate if there is any proposed method to do it , or any precautions to be observed to make such a transplant surgery successful.
Thanks.
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