Symptom: Dead

Quick Repair: Change the

ZD2 might have blown off the PCB as well. It seem to be there to protect the gate of the switching transistor as the driver can output a higher voltage than VGS(max). I had a small 18V Zener in a bag and that worked. Not sure what should be there really. Cathode should be towards the transistor Gate.

The red led should lit up when no battery is connected.