1485: A1708 Macbook not powering on - a very rare simple fix

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Macbook Pro A1708 sent in with the fault listed simply as "No power".

These Macbook A1708 machines are the last of the Macbooks with removable storage, so a lot of people do keep holding on to them, as they provide some failsafe if the logic board fails for data recovery options.

In this situation, we're blessed with a rarely occuring single component failure without significant secondary damage.

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