Repairing a Dell latitude E5450 by smelling it

In this video we repair a Dell Latitude E5450. It was smelling like burnt components and by smelling the motherboard we were able to pinpoint the problem.

A very nice guide for disassembling the E5450 can be found here:

Boardview software:

Boardview file for the E5450:

00:00 Intro
00:19 Opening the laptop
00:56 Examining the power connector
01:03 There's your problem...
01:16 Removing the burnt mosfet
02:18 Using boardview to deduce the cause of the problem
03:16 Measuring milliohms
04:20 Bypassing the first mosfet
05:36 Removing the shorted capacitor
07:07 Testing the laptop
07:52 Success!!
08:05 Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe.