Short Versus No Short?

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Hello!

I’m currently in the process of repairing a water damaged Nintendo Switch. Many components on the circuit board read to be shorted, as I attempt to narrow the problem down to the root cause.

How am I supposed to know which components are meant to read a true continuity and which ones are not? A lot of these components look very similar which complicates the situation. So far, I’ve replaced the charging power control IC chip (M92T36), however I still receive the same shorted readings on my multimeter.

I’ve included an image of the “shorted” components for reference. Any wisdom on this matter would be highly appreciated!

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Hi, from my basic understanding most multimeters will beep under 50ohms. But doesn’t mean components are shorted. For example the cpu will give a beep as its a low impedence line, which is normal. Someone might correct if am wrong but 12.9ohms and 11.8ohms reading around is not a short on the mt92. From what havd read, in general a short is anything below 2 ohms. Hope that helps you.