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No, if Q7310/20 was shorted the resistance from PPBUS to L7310 would always be lower than PPBUS to GND. Something else is shorted, check resistance from PPBUS to all the coils and see if any are lower than that 4.3 Ohm. If you cannot find that you can inject voltage on PPBUS and see if anything heats up.