I've been speaking with mrnuke on the IRC channel and he mentioned two things: 1) There might be some clever strategy to recover the board, and
Can you post some high resolution, clear, pictures of the exposed area? You described some sparks, which means there's a high chance any damaged component will show physical damage.
- even if I'm not interested in trying that, someone in the community
might be.
I might change my mind, and take the offer if absolutely no one else will, but for now, let's focus on 1.
Alex