Shorted resistor on motherboard, it POSTs and works fine but Windows10 freezes after ten to fiteen minutes of idling. Fixable?

[Deweedos]

The story behind this is I replaced the WLAN card in the board with a better one; I made a mistake and didn't replace the shield which covered the card so that it was held in place securely. I moved the antenna connected to it because it fell off of my desk, the shield moved slightly and shorted the resistor. Can I or a professional fix this? How would I or a professional be able to fix it? I think the resistor in question which has shorted is a 160 ohm resistor.

The motherboard in question is an ASUS Z-97 Deluxe.

Here is a clearer image of the markings.

Here is how the resistors should look.

Image with the carbon cleaned off.

 

[mdd1963]

You need to clear away all the burnt/charred area with a toothbrush and alcohol, so we can get a better look (inspect for lifted/burnt/shorted circuit runs, etc), but, alas, that looks pretty fried to me.

 

[Deweedos]

You need to clear away all the burnt/charred area with a toothbrush and alcohol, so we can get a better look (inspect for lifted/burnt/shorted circuit runs, etc), but, alas, that looks pretty fried to me.

I'm sorry, this is something that should have been done before posting the question. I have added an image with at least most of the carbon cleaned off in the OP.

 

[mdd1963]

I see what looks like two little holes for a component...

If you are sure there are no other burnt/shorted components nearby, and no evidence of any lifted trace runs nearby, if you know or can find out the precise value (ohms, pico/micro-farads, etc)/power rating of the component (not all things that look like resisters are resistors, unless you clearly see an R321 next to it, etc; a C115 designation, for instance, would almost certainly imply a capacitor), it sure can't hurt to try a new one, especially given the brutal alternative...

 

[mdd1963]

could you perhaps get better lighting (outdoor daylight is best), and point a tiny screw driver to the area in question? (now it's hard to be sure what's missing)

 

[Deweedos]

I see what looks like two little holes for a component...

If you are sure there are no other burnt/shorted components nearby, and no evidence of any lifted trace runs nearby, if you know or can find out the precise value (ohms, pico/micro-farads, etc)/power rating of the component (not all things that look like resisters are resistors, unless you clearly see an R321 next to it, etc; a C115 designation, for instance, would almost certainly imply a capacitor), it sure can't hurt to try a new one, especially given the brutal alternative...

I'm fairly certain nothing else has been shorted, the shield was right above that compnent.

could you perhaps get better lighting (outdoor daylight is best), and point a tiny screw driver to the area in question? (now it's hard to be sure what's missing)

Daylight is impossible right now, it's 3 AM where I live. Is this sufficient?

 

[mdd1963]

There is just so much of a smoldered area, and, in other photos looked like burnt material possibly shorting across several runs/traces...

I'm not optimistic, but, again, if simply replacing a missing component someone with a fine tipped soldering iron could do it in 3 minutes, if you can find the correct value of the component in question....good luck Sir!

 

[Deweedos]

There is just so much of a smoldered area, and, in other photos looked like burnt material possibly shorting across several runs/traces...

I'm not optimistic, but, again, if simply replacing a missing component someone with a fine tipped soldering iron could do it in 3 minutes, if you can find the correct value of the component in question....good luck Sir!

That is what I'll try to do; thanks a lot for your help and time spent looking at it.