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Model A1311 / Late 2009 / 3.06 or 3.33 GHz Core 2 Duo processor

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Lightning strike has damaged two USB ports and the audio out jack.

After a lightning strike that bypassed our powersurge board by entering in via the printer (connected via USB and not on the surge protector) my imac, although in much better condition than the printer, had the immediate problem of two USB ports not functioning and after a couple of weeks the audio out jack stopped working. Everything else is fine. Any suggestions as to what i would need to do to repair this before i start poking about?

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This usually takes a logic board replacement. Be sure to put it on your insurance report, they may total it out as a lightning strike weakens everything and your power supply may go out tomorrow. I am using a MacPro that was hit right now but was able to put in PCI cards to replace the USB ports and ethernet port and it has worked for a couple of years now. Unfortunately you don't have that option on an iMac.

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