Ok, well thanks just the same for your time and advice. Just the fact that someone is willing to help means all the difference to me.
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Well, the “soldering” is done. The BC856W chip seems to be the same size. Soldering is in quotes, because this was the smallest chip I had ever soldered and it’s not pretty. It’s connected correctly, but only it’s mama loves it…lol! Now I just have to disassemble the laptop and try it. Got my fingers crossed. Thanks again guys!
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The chip didn’t fix the problem, so now I’m really lost. I guess it’s either the wrong chip and/or there’s another bad component. Here is a picture of the area as I just removed the chip and cleaned it a little. Also a pic of the same area on my good motherboard. Notice the 3 tiny balls of solder under the 3D U5 chip on the good mobo…and now see that area on the bad mobo? Is that fixable?
Put the chip back on and now there is an orange light on the DC input jack, which is supposed to mean it’s charging from what I’ve found. But this is without the battery even in it. Also, the chipset is getting very hot and a few things around it, without even pressing power. So I plug it in and the chipset instantly gets hot. Press power and still nothing.
The three solder balls difference may be do to different solder paste stencils used during manufacture. One stencil was designed for when the optional parts are used and one for when they are not used. The balls would be left if they used the stencil that includes the optional parts but did not actually install the optional parts.
Quite possibly over the course of the product lifetime they wore out the without options stencil but didn’t want to make a new one so they used the with options stencil and just skipped placing the optional parts. (been there done that at the end of a product life cycle)
The only other thing I can think about checking is for bulging electrolytic capacitors on the board. Failed/failing electrolytics can cause the downstream components to overheat.
It’s great your trying to fix this but I suspect that without a schematic diagram and parts list from the manufacturer this PCB won’t be repairable 
Thanks a lot for the info. Makes sense. I was afraid I damaged the area when cleaning it up with my solder wick. I also was afraid I damaged the very tiny capacitor right by the chip when removing it the first time, just because it’s so small and I had to heat the chip up to get it off of the board. Due to it being so close it’s almost touching, I was worried. I was actually going to order some of those also, but I can’t even see any markings under my best magnifying glass. I just know it is a tan color.
Hey just found this thread ,looks like you are in the same predicament as myself .
So the chip never worked ? What is the model number of your computer ?
I have an Omen 15-5210nr and I have the same exact issue .
Where did yuo buy a new motherboard? You never found identifting information online.
Thanks
Hi Buzzy69,
Welcome to the community!
For a gaming laptop such as the HP Omen 15-5210NR, product number J9K30UA, to get a motherboard, you would want to check online sources that are parting out from donor laptops. I’m not seeing that there is currently any motherboards for that laptop available on Ebay, for example.
Thanks
Yeah I know I have been scouring the internet loking for any information I can find .Thanks for reaching out and thanks for the help.
I am trying to find out who builds the motherboards and try to call them to try and get a item list from the board if they would tell me .
I need to identify the part number for the transistor ,or component .