MacBook will not power up

Hello all,
      Well last week I was watching a video on my MacBook (white, 2010) and it suddenly went dead. I plugged it in and the lights on the charger was green. I could not get it to power up. When I pushed the power button I got nothing. There were no lights or sounds or anything on the screen. I tried to reset the SMC and still got nothing.
     I took it into the Apple store and the genius looked at it. He seemed genuinely puzzled and said he couldn't tell why it wouldn't power up. He said there seemed to be a disconnect between the button and the machine. He said if he changed the logic board out that would fix it. It's going to cost $520 plus tax (ouch) for that so I'm hoping there is another solution to this.
     Now, I did some research online and it seems most folks with logic board failures deal with blue screens, grey screens, partial startup, and unexpected repeated crashing. I experienced none on these things prior to this incident. I have literally not had a single issue with my Mac since I bought it.
Alternately can anyone suggest a good repair place in Vancouver BC that will fix it for less then the outrageous amount Apple is trying to gouge from me?
Thanks!

From your description of how it died, my guess would be that it is a logicboard problem as well. Different people will experience different syptoms when a logicboard dies as it depends on what circuit or component actually dies. A laptop isn't like a desktop that has a power supply, video card and logicboard. Its all one piece in a laptop, so there aren't many other pieces that would cause this kind of failure.
As for finding a cheaper repair, you might try looking for a used logicboard or an apple repair center (not applestore) that might do it slightly cheaper, but the brunt of the cost is the actual part, and no matter where you go, that part has to come from Apple.

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