SONY KDL-46R473A ALMOST DEAD NO STB

[Diah]

then remove the SoC from circuit, will be first step to know where was the short.

[nomoresonys]

Oh shit my bad, I didn't look close at the chip, it's not bga so no reflow like Diah said. If the caps near a chip read short on the board but ok off the board then a lot of times it's that chip that's bad.