How to use board view files in Laptop Repairing

 Hi everyone

I want to talk about the boardview usage
this is HP laptop
it turns ON with no display
I want to work on its board
switch key is connected to this circuit with a flat cable
as you see, there are many cables are connected to this board
because I should turn the motherboard all the time while working,
and to prevent from damages or disconnections
I'll remove motherboard
let me take it
and check boardview
to find pin related to ON/OFF switching key
I have done it before
but I want to show you with boardview too
this is boardview
you can see it both sides of the board
you can see all specifications of components in boardviews
while even IC names aren't written on motherboards
there are no specifications
and you can't track or find ICs
you can find them in boardviews
on back of the circuit
in this part
jack of the board that switch is connected to is in here
by clicking on each of these parts,
all pins will be shown
and you can detect the pins
-Is this the power flat part?
-Yes, it is
CN10 is the big flat (which was connected to small switch board)
so we should find "Switch ON" pin in the specification list
have a look, pin 37
it can be shown on socket by clicking on it
this is pin 37 which is red
it is Switch ON pin
3.3 volt enters this pin
by pressing power button, GND and pin 37
will be connected to each other and then laptop will turn ON
by soldering a wire and connect it to GND
it will perform as ON/OFF key
and it won't be disturbing for the next repairing process
take a look at here, if I solder wire to jack pin directly,
jack might get damaged

some yellow circles might appear by clocking on boardview,
that means all of them are connected to the specific part
(now, the yellow circles are connected to this pin)
make sure to solder a part that is the lowest risk (less dangerous)
this is capacitor and it might get damaged
this is the best part for soldering wire
and to solder wire: you should solder it here and tighten (fix) it
so it won't be removed due to movement
I'll show you what I did on GND
so this wire plays a role of ON/OFF key
I tightened the wire here
this is the part that I showed you on boardview
I soldered the wire
and tightened wire
by connecting pin to GND (whichever GND),
switching takes place
so the 2 small boards and flat cables out of use
so the 2 small boards and flat cables out of use
so it would be easier to work and repair motherboard
so this was one of the boardview usage
you can easily find the part you want to solder wire (as switching NO/OFF key)
it would be harder to find this part in schematic
let me tell you another usage of boardview
this is Asus motherboard
it doesn't turn ON and is completely OFF
there is no schematic for this motherboard
take a look at motherboard
numbers of all components are not written
only some components' numbers are written (jack,...)
and the main and important components (ICs, MOSFETs, inductors, capacitors,...)
don't have numbers
it's really hard to work on these
so using boardviews can very so helpful in repairing
what should we do in a situation like this when laptop is OFF and
there is most probably short circuit?!
there are 2 ways: We can check volt or ohm
but we don't know which components are related to what blocks
for example: which inductor is related to 3 and 1.8 volt
where is 1, 1.05 volt and which one is 1.5 volt?
you can detect components by looking at them and by their appearance
for example PWM near RAM block might be related to RAM voltages
or PWM near CPU might be related to CPU
but you can refer to boardview to diagnose components accurately
and by clicking on each component (inductors for example),
you can see their numbers, voltage and
also you can find out which part they belong to
I'll show how to troubleshoot motherboards using boardviews in the following
I'll show how to troubleshoot motherboards using boardviews in the following
this is boardview as you see
let's zoom in
by clicking on each coil,
(let me zoom in a little)
"PR803" is the name
and "VCCIN" is its input voltage
let's check another component, this capacitor
-which block does this capacitor belong to?
-it's related to VCC
take a look, names of all ICs appear
this is CPU and this one is graphic chip
RAM module jack
and these are the near ICs
you can even detect jacks
this is DC input jack
pin 1 is input
let me zoom in
you can click on each pin and see the specifications
pin is highlighted in the list
as you see, pin 6 is GND
let me click on a pin on the list (pin 1)
pin 1 will be selected and shown on boardview
this is input of adaptor voltage
you can click on wherever you want in boardview and see their specifications
for example you can click on ICs
this is U3401 IC
you can see specifications of all pins on the list
which can be very helpful in troubleshooting motherboard
I want to show you power blocks
there is a coil in here
you can see specifications by clicking on the pins
the pin is highlighted on the list
it is +1.05VS
the yellow parts on boardview are connected on PCB board
Sorry for the notifications :)
all the connected parts in motherboard are yellow
(yellow parts can be in different or other parts of motherboard)
related parts would turn yellow
even if the related parts are far away from each other
related parts are not here
for example you can see EC IC in here
U3001
all pins are shown in the list on right
let's check if voltage is present in this IC or not!
pin 26 is 3VA EC
the red pin is pin 26 (the pin I clicked on it)
and the yellow parts are connected on circuit
so if you want to check voltage or ohm
IC pin might be disconnected by placing probes on while checking voltage or ohm,
you can check voltage of yellow parts (safe)
(which are resistors or capacitors)
I want to talk about another usage of boardview
as I said you can use boardview to detect components
you can see positions of components
you can see how pins are connected to each other,
on both sides of motherboards using boardviews
for example J5001 Jack
it is related to fan
and its pins are shown in the list
by clicking on a pin,
you can see the connected parts (yellow parts)
you can see GNDs of both sides of motherboards
you can see GNDs of both sides of motherboards
it can be seen easily
let me say something about boardviews
you can see block of each component in here
you can find different voltages
for example 3VA_RTC
yellow parts are 3VA_RTC
3VS
so you can easily find the blocks in this way
there are many things in boardview which can help you
I talked about them practically
as you know there are different modes in different menus of boardviews
as you know there are different modes in different menus of boardviews
you can also use it,
when a component is burned and you can't detect IC number
and motherboard schematic is not available
in this case, so you can use boardview
and click on components
you can see IC number
let me show it with an example
I click on memory
these are the pins
and this IC number
you can click on components and see their specifications
this is component number
I want to show you a problem
hard disk can't be detected some times
laptop turns OFF,
when working with the laptop and moving it,
and hard disk can't be detected
I checked the motherboard
and this connector J6801
which is related to a small board that is connected hard disk
pins of this HDD connector are disconnected,
and because of this problem
this problem is caused because the other side of board was heated many times
this is Bios IC which is replaced a couple of times
and the problem got worse
and destroyed this connector
and the pins are removed
I'll show you the removed pins in boardview
and this is the other usage of boardview
I find connector on boardview
J6801
all pins are appeared when I clicked on it
I checked ohm and realized many pins are disconnected
including pin 50
it is disconnected from the bottom of connector to the PCB board
which is 5VS (an important pin)
hard disk won't be detected as this pin is disconnected
another pin is pin 47
it is data signal direction on board
and see which part it is connected to
let me zoom out and show whole motherboard
it is not connected to in this side
I show the bottom
it is connected to CPU
and the pin is connected to pin 972 of CPU
it's the data which is transferred between CPU and hard disk
other pin of connector was also disconnected
pin 45 was disconnected
this is the direction of CPU and hard disk as well
you can see on motherboard
CPU is highlighted again
and it is connected to pin 994 of CPU
so this specifies the problem completely
disconnection of data and voltage direction is the reason
why hard disk isn't detected
the boardview can help us see and track the directions
we can find the related components of blocks on boardview
we can find the related components of blocks on boardview
and troubleshoot the problem
I should say that this connector can't be repaired
because the motherboard was heated too much
if it was fixable we could have connected wire and solved the problem
but in this case it should be replaced
thanks for watching :)
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