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    MS-14C4 unusual chip

    This laptop was brought in with no power and had been worked on in another country and they hadn't been successful. The battery and CMOS chip was disconnected.

    I plugged it in and checked the thermal camera and one chip (TPS62134CRGTR) was glowing near the battery connector. I removed the chip only to find that it looked like it never belonged there in the first place. Is there something I'm missing here or has the previous shop replaced a completely different chip?

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    Last edited by kalemaroni; 02-18-2025, 08:24 AM.

    #2
    looks like they replace it with a different chip.... maybe it's a 3v-5V buck converter like TPS1225 or equivalent

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      #3
      Originally posted by kalemaroni View Post
      This laptop was brought in with no power and had been worked on in another country and they hadn't been successful. The battery and CMOS chip was disconnected.

      I plugged it in and checked the thermal camera and one chip (TPS62134CRGTR) was glowing near the battery connector. I removed the chip only to find that it looked like it never belonged there in the first place. Is there something I'm missing here or has the previous shop replaced a completely different chip?

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      try PU25
      IC PWM,TI/TPS51285BRUKR,WQFN-20pin,DUAL SYNCHRONOUS STEP-DOWN CONTROLLER,HALOGEN FREE
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        #4
        Thank you both, I'll give that a go.

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          #5
          Before soldering a new tps1285, measure resistance to GND on 3V LDO and 5V LDO pin so as not to fry the new chip.

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