PS2 Slim hardware troubleshooting (won't boot)

[Technomancer]

I am tinkering with a PS2 slim to try and bring it back to life again and was hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction for the issue I'm having. The unit get a standby light, then turns green when you push the power button. However, there is no fan spin and no other signs of life. While poking around the board, checking fuses (the ones that I could find seemed ok) and looking for caps potentially shorted to ground, I came across an are near the controller ports around a specific IC that seemed to have a lot of components that are possibly shorted to ground. I removed the IC (which read 626BGLF and I assume made a company called ICS) to see they would go away but they didn't. I also noticed some components on the other side of the board where that IC is also possibly shorted to ground.

I've linked 3 photos I uploaded with arrows pointed to the components in question. If anyone has a guess as to what the problem might be, or where I should be going from here, I'd appreciate it.

https://imageshack.com/i/pnCGXb7Uj
https://imageshack.com/i/pn5NSSajj
https://imageshack.com/i/pmGDWCZRj

 

[Technomancer]

Forgot to include the board model its: GH-032-22
Also heard that some people have trouble with those links I posted. Apparently imageshack has two different kinds of links. Here are the replacements for those:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/401/CGXb7U.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/489/5NSSaj.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/575/GDWCZR.jpg

 

[Technomancer]

Just to put a close on this one, I got the system to boot up. I'm not entirely sure what the issue with it was but if I had to guess, it was probably the bottom metal shroud that had a bent corner to it that was shorting something out. I fixed that after I had disassembled the system but forgot to try to power it on again after I had removed that shroud. What I'd still be interested in knows though is why those particular components I pointed out all have continuity with ground when I was probing around. Is that normal for memory clock chips? Here is the datasheet on the chip: https://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/115/CY22313LFZCT-pdf.php

I'm still pretty new at this and am interested in learning and if anyone has the time to explain, I'd appreciate it!