checking for shorts

[drdyzio]

Hey its me again looking for thread or maybe someone can explain how to check for shorts on dead mobos?

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

I heard its painstaking work but wish I knew more about it.

[dj_ricoh]

Re: checking for shorts

From thermal image camera to freeze spray to injecting voltage with lab psu and then all back to basic touching ��

[Learn2Day]

Re: checking for shorts

Finding shorts on boards it's all about reading and following schematics and voltage. There's no magic trick for it.
More important that finding a short is understanding the failure, following the voltage to where the failure occurs, doesn't really matter if it's a short, open circuit or a faulty component.

Electronics knowledge is the most important to understand and finding the failure.

[drdyzio]

Re: checking for shorts

thanks for input. ive been staring into one schematic in particular and i am starting to understand more and more of it so its definitely sinking in.

any good schematic tutorials something that might help me a bit?
Thanks

[stj]

Re: checking for shorts

just get to know the symbols.

[sasser]

Re: checking for shorts

some times u know that shorted component with your finger. sometimes not like simple like that. i found EC or winbond ic is hot in acer motherboard. always face with this problem. i think the EC is problem . current standby is 0.08++A the i replace winbond got 0.0389A. till now i dont know that problem after change EC stil no display.