Had a curly one on a BQ735 battery controller and an Asus X555DG motherboard and thought I'd share the fix.
Board not powering on, no 19V past the first input FET PQ8801 (ACFET in the datasheet). All FET's around the BQ735 all measured ok and no obvious signs of corrosion. Board boots fine if this first FET is bypassed, however no battery charging in this event.
ACDET, ACOK, VCC etc all ok on the BQ735. PQ8801's input gate is being driven off ACDRV, with source for that being CMSRC. Note that CMSRC is on the source of the FET, and ACDRV drives the gate. So initially for...
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