Which pins should i short to turn on my Unibody mid 2010 13" Macbook Pro?

Pictures would be greatly appreciated.

Richard_77 wrote:
but i did mention it was months ago, for months my laptop has been working fine.
i really need straight answers
The power button and keyboard are 2 separate things. I suspect that your Mac has water damage and that is why the power button has now failed.
You could take it apart and find the connections to the power button and RIG up another Momentary Contact switch to activate it.
Or you could just take it in to be fixed and then be more carefull with it.

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