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So . . . I decided to give the cooling fans a spring cleaning - a task I have regularly performed. However, over confidence & laziness took their toll - I did not bother to disconnect the battery. Fate too, dealt her hand, in that I was munching on a chicken pie at the time, Mother nature chose to weigh in as well. A small gust of wind blew the foil pie container onto the logic board. With that came a crackle & a spark - I realised in that moment, life as I knew it, ceased to exist. As a result Mrs MacBook Pro refuses to start. I have tried booting with the battery removed, as well as restetting the SMC & PROM - all in vain. Can someone help identify the mortally wounded component in the pics ? This is certainly not a repair I would entertain, but will send lappie off to a local company that does board level repairs.
@grantza you need to properly identify your MBP for us. At least give us a serial number or give us the 820-XXXX number that is printed on your logic board. The component is a fuse but without proper identification we got a lot of work ahead of us Update (04/06/2019) @grantza that is reference designator F9700 which is a 3 amp 32V fuse in a 0603 package. That is your backlight fuse which should not prevent your MBP from starting up.
