IC Identification - HELP!

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Hello everybody:

I’m having problems identifying one QFN17 component in an Asus laptop MoBo. I know there are no schematics for this model, nor boardview. I’ve looked thru all internet and I still don’t know which component is this (I attach a couple of pics with both the component and the laptop model, s/n, etc.).

Thanks in advance for your invaluable help.

[truclacicr]

APL3530QFI-TUG

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-l3530-qfn.html

It could be an Anpec load switch.

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APL3530QFI-TUG

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-l3530-qfn.html

It could be an Anpec load switch.

Thanks a lot, truclacicr! Indeed it is! For its position in the circuit, it’s a load switch (it reaches >200°C!).
There are 3 units in the MoBo, one for 3.3V., one for 1.8V., and this one for 5V. There are only around 28 ohms to GND, but in spite of this, this load controller does its job. It’s curious, because the another two marked a “thermal peak” in the very start of the laptop (looking thru a thermal camera), and immediately became cold. But this one remains extremely hot.

I need to investigate a bit more in order to discover this low resistance load.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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JFYI, the problem is the load switch itself. Once removed, I measured short between the two big contacts, and even between any of them to ground pins. So now I’m waiting for AliExpress…

Thanks again!