Toshiba Satellite L450 - Help Please

[Dave24v]

Hello everyone, hoping you tech guys might be able to help me cure this problem I have with this motherboard.

When I power up the board, the fan spins for about 5 secs tops then stops but I've noticed that this ''Realtek'' chip is getting very hot within seconds!!

What could cause this chip getting hot? I was wondering if it's either a dead chip and that's why it's getting hot or is it another chip, like an SMD thats affecting this problem.

I would really like to sort this out so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions that would be great.

Picture of part of the board and the REALTEK chip that's getting hot.

[bowor]

Re: Toshiba Satellite L450 - Help Please

ic realtek removable, maybe it was broken.

[tomodachi]

Re: Toshiba Satellite L450 - Help Please

that realtek chip is obviously gone, replace with new one.

[bowor]

Re: Toshiba Satellite L450 - Help Please

there may be a short-circuit in line 3valw. I never can the same case. it's usually a short-circuit in the embedded controller (ec). try injecting voltage 3v groped continues in which the heat.

[Dave24v]

Re: Toshiba Satellite L450 - Help Please

Thanks for your replies ;-)

So if these chips get hot, does this mean they need replacing? Or have I got to trace something else back to the reason that's making this hot within seconds?

Cheers ;-)