Once the 19V rail is active, the schematic points to the 3.3V and 5V standby controllers. These are the tiny "lungs" of the motherboard that must be breathing even when the laptop is off.
By following the diagram in the LA-F952P documentation, the tech realizes the "Enable" signal for the CPU vCore is missing because of that shorted capacitor. la-f952p schematic
The LA-F952P schematic is significant for several reasons: Once the 19V rail is active, the schematic points to the 3
