Hi everyone!
I'm trying to troubleshoot an ASUS X555LD Rev 3.3 motherboard which gives no signs of life (no leds, no power on, nothing at all).

After disassembly I followed the repair guide from another thread and tested several points for shorts, I found shorts to gnd on:
PCE8301: AC_BAT_SYS
PL8100: +3VADSW0
PL8101: +5VSUS0
PL8502: +NVVDD

When connected to the charger I noticed that PU8100 (which is an UP1589Q dual step down chip) was abnormally overheating so I removed it and tried to replace with a new one (which did not fix the issue,...

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Hi everyone! I'm a university student trying to fix his old laptop!