"Gareth Magennis" wrote in message
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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I can't otherwise see a scenario whereby a faulty component
could have forced such a huge current between these two pins.

The "wrong" voltage on a driver chip's input can push its output into
saturation -- and goombye chip.


True, but something has melted the connectors.

These go to the LCD which is practically physically disconnected from the
rest of the laptop and any spilt wine, so an excessive current draw from
the LCD seems very unlikely.


Gareth.




Unless the LCD was destroyed by excessive voltages ...............



Gareth.