HELP! Can't turn on my MBP!

[Pentad]

I'm hoping that somebody might be able to shed some light on my MBP problem. This is what I did:

 

1. Installed a fresh clean copy of Leopard, went fine.

2. Was re-installing other software I use, including XCode.

3. While installing software, Finder crashed. I could not shutdown or restart my MBP. I could do other things like open terminal, Safari, etc...but not get Finder to shut the MBP down.

4. Held down power button until it turned off.

 

Since then, I can not turn on the MBP. Can push the power button multiple times but nothing happens. I mean *nothing*:

 

-no chime

-no HD spin up

-no flicker of life

 

The AC adapter is plugged in with a light (both red and green depending on the battery I put in).

 

What I have done:

 

-Took out battery, unplugged MBP, held power button down to reset PPMU. Put AC in, nothing. Put battery in, nothing, Put both back in, nothing.

-Opened lid, unplugged HD and DVD drive incase either one of them was 'holding down the system' and keeping it from powering on. Nothing.

-Promised not to install Vista on it. Nothing.

 

I'm really stumped.

 

Apple said to replace the logic board in a MBP is $1048.00! Ack!

 

Does anyone here have any ideas??

 

Could the logic board be dead? What about the keyboard power button? I wish I could turn it on some other way to verify the power button (though it seems like a long shot that it would just die).

 

Any advice would be great!

 

Thanks,

-P

[Kane Adams]

Try looking here for one.

http://www.macrecycling.com/logic-boards-c-9.html