Repair laptop, suspect short circuit USB

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It's quite old now, and not the greatest, but was still very useful. I'm just about to buy a desktop computer as my main work horse, but I was using the laptop to order parts etc. That's going to be a real pain from my phone...

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I imagine that I'll just start from the back and continue pulling pieces off until I find the motherboard

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It appears that after taking out all the screws from the back, the keyboard side actually comes off first. Seems to be a bit stuck though, going to try to remove it without breaking anything.

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i would suspect that a fuse blew near the power input socket. might look like one of these. do you have something to test for continuity? (like a multimeter -- not the continuity testers they sell for testing cars.) and, if so, do you know how to test a fuse? should measure 0 ohms across on the lowest ohm scale.

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I try removing all keys from keyboard ave see if there are other screws behind it

>>1113993
Thanks, I was planning on finding a blown fuse, but I didn't know what they would look like. Do you know what the style of fuse might be called? I do have a multimeter for testing fuses.

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Okay, finally got the keyboard out , and found more screws behind it... Looking good

>>1114000

you can get names, pictures and specs on various fuses here, for example: http://www.sellifuse.com/SMDfuse.html

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Looks like a motherboard to me. Holding to find a fuse on the other side of this.

>>1114008
Jesus. Cunting. Christ.

We have had digital cameras for fucking years.

When will you shitlords learn to use the fucking focus?

I hope you loose all the screws and fry the DIMMs you inept fuck.

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>>1114014
Point taken. The auto focus doesn't work well on my phone, possibly after I dropped it.

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Trying to tell the difference between a tiny fuse, and a tiny resister

where's the power jack? start looking there.

>>1114076
Yeah, doing that. The power jack is at top right of >>1114072
And at bottom right of >>1114069

ok, those fat traces lead to a tiny 8pin chip, and that white resistor which could be acting as a fuse. i'd google the part # on the chip to see what it does, and measure the resistor.

it's not clear from the pics where the fat traces lead after that lil' chip.

>>1114088
Yeah, I was suspicious of that little white chip. It's code is R020, and is apparently a current sensing resister. I couldn't measure the resistance across it, but I've powered up the board, and it seems to have 19.5 v on either side, so doesn't sound like it's a blown fuse.

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The two white resister looking components at the centre of this image both read 19.5v on the left side, and 0.00v on the right side. Could they be the problem?

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Slightly better image. They are each about 3.5mm long.

>>1114104
Those are capacitors. Surface mount resistors are black and have a three-number code on them.

>>1114139
Great tip, thanks. I'm continuing to look.

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Look for one of these guys.