To solder this SIO,bga machine is not essential. You can do so with hot air gun keeping temps not exceeding 350 while soldering it. Good quality flux is a must.
Programming you need to take care before deciding to swap SIO.
I'm almost certain about this, but what's even worse is that there's no pre-programmed SIO available for sale anywhere, and I'd also need a bga machine...
Yes, that is, the +3VL line remained at 4.7-4.6 ohms, and with the PSU at 1.2V, the line drew 0.25A. Nothing really heated up again, maybe the UE1 where a temperature change could be felt.
I believe it can now be the +3VL line is the main suspect. However, there was only very slight heating at UE1.
PJ6003 solder blob must be removed to proceed further. You need a soldering iron,de soldering wick,good quality flux to remove the excess solder to separate the jumper and then inject 1V to the shorted side. If nothing significantly heats up increase the voltage to max 1.2V/5A. Most likely its SIO which will heat up a bit.
My bad. RE5 has '@' symbol = 'do not stuff' on these schematics so this part will not be populated.
Can you confirm that the WLAN card is removed from the long black socket in the above pic? If not, remove it and check if the short remains. The WLAN card is one of the loads on this same power rail.
Not entirely, if is it RE5 (pic) is likely the pin 1 with 0.05 ohms to the PJ6003. However, pin 1 and pin 2 show OL to eachother when measured in 20k ohms.
Post a clear picture of RE5. From the schematic, this should be a short on the trace or a 0 ohm resistor. Either way, if this part is present, you should have 4R6 ohms on each test point.
With no power to the board, meter in resistance mode. Place one meter probe on +3VL and other meter probe @ +3VL_EC. What is the resistance? It should be ~0 ohms (Not OL = over limit).
I'm sorry for asking again, I found the RE5 +3VL_EC is OL, while the +3VL is 4.6 ohms. These two are blob, how can I 'remove short', or what to do with the blob?
Hunt for RE5. This should be a solder blob or a 0 ohm resistor. If you remove this 'short' then you will be removing UE1 from this common power supply as a load. Afterwards, test the resistance again to see if it is higher or not.
Recommend to source IPA (pharmacy grade is recommended) alcohol as it is more pure. Then pour over the parts you suspect. The heat will make the IPA evaporate faster than the cooler parts.
I had to take a closer look a few times.
Unfortunately, I don't have a thermal camera yet, so I used basic methods,
I did find something that was heating up, but it was far from hot. It was drawing 0.2A at 1V, and it was UE1 that I felt was getting warm. Is there a way to be sure that this is where the problem?
Yes, if you have a variable power supply, inject 1 volt onto this rail and whomever is shorted will heat up. You can use the thermal camera or IPA to hunt down the part.
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