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rjluna2
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 Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 8:11 am Post subject: Popped Northbridge Chipset |
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I have a customer that was complaining that the unit has bad power supply. I found one USB port that has been damaged. I looked into the motherboard and found the chipset has been popped  |
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Birdman.
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| Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe you could see some interesting structures there with microscope... |
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H3nrik V!
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| But did the computer actually work asides from that? |
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rjluna2
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| H3nrik V! wrote: | | But did the computer actually work asides from that? |
Nope, when I press the power supply button. It lit up, but will not boot. When I removed my finger of the power supply button, it went dead. Probably short circuit on the damaged USB port  |
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rjluna2
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| Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| Birdman. wrote: | | Maybe you could see some interesting structures there with microscope... |
This is the best I could do with my flatbed scanner 
Mostly the silicon has popped off. |
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