Your reply doesnt make sense. I chip doesnt usually just commit suicide, and burns up, so there is another fault o the board.
He does have something to lose, he could bugger up his board doing a self-repair, or take it to a pro, and get it properly fixed. I dont think we do anyone a service giving someone with little or no experience just enough info to kill off a expensive piece of equipment, that could be prroperly repaired by someone with proper desoldering/soldering equipment, and the knowledge to find the real problem