On 8 July, 08:19, landed elephant wrote:
Located a damaged small (half inch long) 8 pin DIP chip (4 pins either
side) with the following on it:

First Line: 4800
Second Line: (some one or two character logo that looks like it starts
with an 'S') BI(character representing capital Greek delta)
Third Line: L37A

The package is very small and the same kind of chip is scattered in
various places across this Compaq DS512U laptop motherboard. *Want to
replace it and see if it will work. *Company is trying to charge 500
for a replacement board.

The damaged chip is located under one of the fans.

Tried chipsearch.com and several others but no luck. *The way these
chips are scattered all over, my guess is that capacitance is built
into these chips but don't really know. *Used to the big canisters...

L37A might be the package type but not sure.

Any gurus out there that can
#1 identify the chip
and
#2: recommend an actively distributed replacement?
or
#3: point me to a better forum for post?

Thanks!

Your best bet is to look on eBay for a "spares or repairs" machine,
preferably with a working board, e.g. one with a smashed screen.

Chris