ASUS A320M-K dead with hot ite 8655e chip.

[nubie]

I tried soldering a new one (hot air), same symptoms, no response from power button and
ITE 8655e GXS chip is getting hot.




What can make that chip get hot? Thanks

[nubie]

It was the capacitor just below and Left of the number 17 written by the ITE chip.

I typed into google: 'super io chip getting hot'

And the first result was here:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...-super-io-chip

The suggestion was a shorted capacitor. So I pulled out my multi-meter and sure enough shorted. Carefully popped it off with my flush cutters (It cut through the solder on one side. but the capacitor cracked on the other pad.)
The motherboard LED lights came on when I re-connected the power, and it booted straight away.

Lesson to me, don't buy and re-solder the chip as a first resort (I'm only out the $12 for 2x vacuum SMD tools and the chip, so it's not awful.)

Just looked it up, I spent $9.82 for the motherboard 😂. Even with new tools I think a deal!

The heatsink was $15, which is also fine 🤷🏼, it's white to match the case.