This is a guide that I am writing for helping others to replace their MEC1503 EC chip if it breaks (or to get around an inconvenient prompt to the BIOS). This forum has been extremely helpful to me so I would like to contribute to help others. I will tell you right now that this task is very difficult to do. You MUST have experience and tools to do precision micro-soldering, BGA reballing, trace repair, and general laptop repair skills.
There are some specialty tools needed to do this task. The replacement MEC1503 chips can be acquired from Aliexpress. Do not buy the bare chips as...
I have a HP ProBook 450 G9 came in for repair. This driver is shorted and im looking to buy a replacement. But i cant identify this chip.
I checked our BadCaps sticky on following site https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...and-datasheets
But the name of the chip is wrong. I checked based on GND on chip.
If you check on above link, you'll think this chip is SY8388ARHC, but if you search...
Hi,
I have a Asus Q540v laptop which has no power. I opened the laptop and found this burnt chip. Unfortunately, the marking on the chip is damaged. Anyone able to identify this chip?
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