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Last night I was using my mac, like every night when I notice a funny smell. Not thinking anything was wrong I kept on working on my mac, then I notice a light hint of smoke, as if someone blew out a match, then it happen my mac shut off. Out of warrant I open it up and tried the normal stuff like resetting ram, a friend has some spear parts for my model so he said try a different dc jack, so when I start to take out the logic board, I seen a black ashy stuff on the rear vent guard. So when I finally turn over the logic board I saw it, a fuse next to the dc jack plug, blown. No water no wine just blew, I took some picture’s. I think it’s the power fuse, I was wondering if I was to bridge this fuse would it work? Has anyone done anything like this?
The last thing you want to do is bridge that “fuse”. If it is a fuse, fuses are present for a reason. The answer is no it will not work properly if you bridge that component, which you believe is a fuse. Please get us some pictures of the ashy area and the component you are calling a fuse and the area it is in. That way someone may be able to determine what the component is and hopefully how to resolve your problem. If there are any identifying markings on the board by the component (Such as F8600, C8600, L8600, etc..) please get pictures showing them and/or write them down and post them.
If you run out of options on fixing this, Apple will replace the logic board for a flat rate fee of $280 if there is no external physical damage or evidence of water damage. 1-800-SOS-APPL
