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It's hard to say. There are fuses inside power supplies, but they are usually soldered in and not accessible. A new power supply is the likely fix, and that could be done quickly on the spot.
After the power supply is the main board. That gets 12 or 5 volts and may or may not be fused at all, but if it is, that is probably soldered, too. But any wires accessible from the back would be a danger possibly to the power supply, but not the board. If no surge or short went to the board, the power supply replacement should take care of it.
Someone familiar with the model who had the right power supply could replace it in 5 minutes. If they never saw that model before in their lives and took some time getting the case off, 10 minutes. If that didn't do it, then the shop.
Some few machines have unusual power supplies that are for that model only. But the large majority of them, well over 90%, are generic and the same shape and size.
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