Nvidia Shield TV, No Power. i've found the culprit. please help ID this chip.

[duder]

Thank you very much for that. I had a feeling it was under a shield. Mine was the one right under your capacitor. And I can feel it with my pinky finger!

[duder]

I just wanted to add that the capacitor is 10uf if you are planning to replace it. Since there are only 2 per fet, I think it is wise to replace it. However, I am definately not an expert.

[soler88]

Thanks for the capacitor value. I'll replace it.

[Rephlection]

Hey team,

I'm ecstatic to see that the last post on this page was a mere four months ago. I'm working on a Shield TV unit and I have very little idea what I'm doing but I thought maybe you could give me some guidance. I've watched a number of videos and read widely and it seems that the issue is often capacitors on these things but I'm not seeing any short circuits in the likely spots. What I have noticed though, is that he little black capacitors (?) shown in the image below at the foot of the power connector are showing an open circuit. If this is normal behavior please let me know so I can go back to banging my head against a wall trying to find something out of the ordinary on this circuit.

The suspects:


For context here's a larger image showing their location:

[duder]

Those are coils, not capacitors. It should not be an open circuit.

[lotas]

Those are coils, not capacitors. It should not be an open circuit.

So these could also be smd varistors, here is an example: