Re: help anyone about MSI board

Ha, what coincidence!
I shorted that transistor myself on an MSI board (branded Compaq Evo) by stupidly wedging the DDR RAM in the wrong way around.
After some research, I discovered the transistor with a hole to be indeed a 2SC5001R manufactured by Rohm in Japan.
And I have found a local supplier in Germany, Reichelt Elektronik, who still stocks the item. Yay!
I shall be able to report at the end of the week whether I was able to replace the transistor with a crack and a white hole in it with the spare.
I just hope...