Macbook Pro Dead After Lightning Strike!
I took the laptop apart and looked for any signs of damage inside. I am not an expert by any means, but there was nothing obvious - no black marks or charring, nothing melted, etc.
Put it back together and still not switching on. I took battery out, pressed power button for 7 secs to reset the SMU, nothing. Press and hold power key, nothing. The power socket on the wall is still working, but my power supply light is not coming on.
2 of my neighbours had the same problem, and our shared router plain exploded in a black mess, so it looks like the power surge came from my ethernet connection, possibly thru my laptop and my power cable before going bang when it reached the wall socket.
Does anybody know what might be the damage inside? After looking at the net, it seems to be a motherboard issue. Is this user replaceable? Thing Is I am in a small town in Thailand and the resources here are worse than useless.
Any help or advice here would be fantastic, thank you!
17" MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)