When I am repairing a unit with shorted board, I always connect it to power supply. There are 3 things I must check. (1) If it is full shorted. That the power supply will show zero reading. (2) If it is half-short(that's what i call it). That the power supply will not go to zero reading but it has high ampere reading. (3) If it has s small short. That the power supply will not go to zero reading but it has very low ampere reading. These are my own description.
I repaired this Samsung tablet with model number SM-T231 in just a few minutes. I only got hard time in dismantling the tablet because its very hard.
And after dismantling the tablet and found out that its board has a shorted board. I checked it on my analog tester and it has zero reading.
I connected my digital power supply alligator clip positive to the positive terminal of the tablet, with respect to negative. It has a high ampere rating. And if it has high ampere rating what I used to do it to put my fingers on each of the components on the board, most especially the capacitors. You know why? The deffective component/s will get heat! And like what I have expected, one capacitor heats up. I quicktly determine what component is deffective. Just see the picture below. As I have expected, CAPACITOR!
After removing the capacitor, shorted reading is gone. Ans the tablet can power on now. :)