Any part on the board can be removed and replaced. Whether it fixes the
issue or not, depends on whether it was the part that has failed. You
cannot bypass the power chip. It supplies all the voltages for
the circuitry on the board, none of which runs on 5V but
other voltages instead as generated b
At some point my BBB developed the problem that the power supply LED no
longer turns on. This happened while trying to get the HDMI interface
working. When powered just through the USB cable the board still seams to
boot and work correctly, I have still never managed to get the HDMI or even
the
