If you can ID the component well enough DK will probably sell it to you.

The lower one is an electrolytic cap- those can fail short.  The top is
an inductor, and it will look like a short to your meter whether it is or
not, unless you have a fancy meter.  Comparing the pic to a board I
have here at my desk which I know the values on, I'm going to guess
it's a 22uF 20V rated part.  If you start from that, you can narrow down
the package until you have the size right.

Odds are overwhelmingly in favor of the cap being the bad component.

Mike H.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:53 PM, John Chung<kravnus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I need to repair a notebook which has a short. I managed to
> narrow down the short to a section of the mainboard.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/36427803@N04/3864762111/
>
> I have outline the 2 components with a red rectangle. The lower component
> should be a solid state capacitor. I am not sure of the component above.
> Looks like a power inductor?
>
> My next question would be where can I buy these stuff? I am not sure if DigiKey or Farnell sells SMT in small quantities....
>
> Thanks,
> John Chung.
>
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