Re: Alienware 17 (R5)LA-9331P short



Sorry not PR703 it was PQ703 that heated up and bubbled on me, I have marked it with a red arrow, the 3 next to it with the black arrow seem to be leaking and super hot.

as for where to inject the 5v next you say after PR703 I'm not to sure which side of it I have to do it .
If you could point out on a picture of the board I will inject there. I have marked it A or B. sorry I'm still new to all this.

not sure on the board part number ? but its the I marked in the photo saying blown...

Re: Alienware 17 (R5)LA-9331P short




So I hooked up a external supply and only injected 5v I wanted to start small and right away I got smoke and it bubbled up on me (PR703).
the rest were very hot but didn't bubble.
I know I will need to replace PQ703 , will I need to replace the other that got hot?

On a side note I did have a 0850 capacitor blow out as well , I have replaced that one , not the best work I have done but it should do....

Hi guys ,
I have a little know how when it comes to this sort of thing , not a lot though. So here is the situation that I find my self in . Not sure how but my laptop died, when ever I plug the power in to the DC jack the blue light on the power lead turns off and you can smell a short coming from the jack. I have google around and so far all it indicates is that there is some sort of short on the board, I can not afford to buy a new board so my only option is to try and find the short and repair it. So far the things that I have found and done are :
0. I have tested with two different...

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hey guys , I'm from WA in Australia, found this site by ramdom and was hoping to get some help, Have a motherboard that I cant afford to replace with a new one , so I will give it a shot at repairing

thanks