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    MSI K9VGM-V (MS-7523) - How Do I Diagnose Short

    I have this motherboard, I replaced the VRM high and low caps as well as a couple 6.bloated 6.3V 1500uF 8mm caps by the memory slots. I purchased the board in this state and I'm pretty sure nothing I did caused the current symptom of it not working.

    The particular symptom is that when I apply power, the CPU fan will turn on for the briefest amount of time and then turn off, and then it will not even attempt to power on unless power is completely removed.

    So this sounds like a short somewhere, but I was wondering if someone could help me out with the best way to test N-Channel MOSFETs in this situation.

    I can take a brute-force approach and just desolder and swap them all, but is there a better way to go about it?

    Thanks
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