MacBook Pro Unibody A1286, No power at all, help!

[phils95cobra]

I have an mid 2008 Macboork Pro Unibody. When I go to power it on, absolutely nothing happens. The board receives no power. The inidicator LED on the MagSafe charger will sometimes come on, sometimes not. Right now, I have the motherboard out of the Mac.

Has anyone else ever had this issue and was able to fix it without replacing the motherboard? Could it be a fuse or IC? I could buy a working motherboard on ebay that has backlight issues, and possibly fix that, but would rather see if I can deal with what I have first.

Thanks for you help in advance.

-Phil

 

[nickandre21]

the 2008 15" macbook pro boards are known for issues. its hard to say if the gpu is gone or something else on the board without measuring volts. I would go buy the board on ebay and fix it