hi, how do i find of value broken smd capasitor, i have no idea,
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The capacitor must be removed from the board to measure capacitance. Other paths to ground (through resistors) will screw up the capacitance meter.I use multimeter and capasitor short cirquit, maybe I just solder up and test which is short, this is acer usb jack 4720Z,and I'll trying to search internet diagram of Acer laptop, and not found,thank you
The cap may not be the trouble. There are other things that could be shorted too. But yes, to measure the caps, they do need to be removed from the board first.
What is the IC nearby?
Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors have a pretty impressive size/capacitance figure, I've seen a brochure touting up to 180uF.If I had to replace it, I would start with a 0.1μF cap. The cap looks too small to be anything larger (it looks like an 0603).
Now i trying to check what is problem going to short that cirquit,Yes, I'm impressed by how much capacitance is now crammed into the small ceramics now. Over the years I've been designing and repairing stuff, the capacitance has risen greatly.
I've seen a couple of caps die, but it is very unusual. My vote is for some other thing to be faulty.
Try to trace the circuit in that area out so a bit of an idea about what is going on will help to diagnose the problem.
Have you removed the caps and measured them yet? And can you do that ok without damaging them or the board?
About diod its okSome sort of TVS diode short circuit perhaps? Seeing as you believe this is USB related, they're usually the first thing to go when someone plugs in something they shouldn't. Look for diodes, measure in diode test mode (voltage drop) in both directions.