RMBP won't even power on after 10.8.3 update

I updated my 2012 rMBP to the latest 10.8.3 OSX release today. Immediately after the update my machine restarted and completed the install. I then turned it off when leaving the office. Got home and tried turning it on a couple hours later. Nothing would happen when hitting the power on button. Plug in the power and the LED wont even come on at all. Any ideas other then taking it in?

     I had the very same problem 2 days ago with my 13 inch MacBook Pro Retina Display...I started freaking out as I had a major project due this week saved on it and I thought I had to send it in to Apple (which would have surely so to my grade's demise) .... so I took it in to see a specialist yesterday at the Genius Bar in the Apple Store. It was a short wait time as John xxxxxxxxx took a look at my situation. I explained that right after installing the update (all the parts at the same time for the 10.8.3 update on March 16, 2013) everything was fine until I had to go to sleep that so close the lid (sleep mode), when I tried waking it the next morning nothing happened; when I plugged in the charger there was no light on the charger indicating charging, no fan, no motor, no sound, clicking, no light, NOTHING. I was worried all my money went down the drain on an expensive calamity. He asked me if I had backed up my data in case he had to reset it as a last resort, I told him "yes". He claimed 3-4 other customers had seen him with the same problem and said that he may have found a solution.
     John xxxxxxxx's solution = shorting the macbook battery, in other words physically opening the macbook (not recommended if a customer is covered by Apple's or Geek Squad's warrantees, PLEASE BRING IT IN TO APPLE AND SUGGEST TO THE APPLE GENIUS OR SPECIALIST 'JOHN'S SOLUTION' AND PLEASE LET THEM DO IT, IT TOOK JOHN ONLY 10-15 MINUTES TO FIX IT FOR ME) and disconnecting the battery and jump start it (restart it), if this fails however, customers may need to seek a new logic board which is on average $750-$800. John stated that the reason that this had to be done was because the MacBook's System Management Controller (SMC) was overwritten to route power to different parts of the board and peripheral ports with this 10.8.3 update.
    After taking a look at my macbook's system information we found out that the update is installed, we tested sleeping and shutting down my macbook 3 times to see if the solution was permanent and it is so far (fingers still crossed even now). To be certain he resolved the issue, John went into the BIOS or system manager to run through some test such as internet adapter, internet access, charger test, battery test (to see if my battery passed or failed; IT PASSED), and other tests which were ALL passed. Also, all my DATA is safe and uncorrupted, no DATA was lost......
     John suggested for me to spread the word wherever I could (forums, word-of-mouth etc.) of installing updates in pieces as for example this 10.8.3 came in 2 pieces and that I should have done them one at a time and not together... Even though he does not want credit for this fix, I'll give him credit especially where credit is due... Thank you John xxxxxxxxxx from Danbury, C.T Apple Store Genius Bar for fixing this issue you saved my macbook and hopefully many others ........
     P.S: John also recommended not to partition Windows 8 on your hard drive as Microsoft uses UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (an encryption boot now used by Microsoft for Windows 8) and MacBooks uses EFI EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface (MacBooks' encryption boot under Mountain Lion OSX); both BIOS' for the Mountain Lion OSX and Windows 8 do not agree and a similar issue of power failure can happen. Windows 8 was made for touch screen laptops and isn't really ready for being partitioned on MacBooks yet. I partitioned Windows 7 Ultimate because of most of my classes in college. Stick to Windows 7 and lower for now.

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