2010 MBP 13.3 Lags and Fan on High Logic Board?

Hello Everyone,
I recently was given a 2010 Macbook Pro 2.4 13.3. When I got it the computer lagged really bad, and the fan is stuck on high. With that and the backlight for the keyboard not lit, I suspected the logic board but when I went to disk utility I could not see the hard drive and it would not show any partitions. I replaced the hard drive and booted the computer in internet recovery and the same thing happens, when it is on during internet recovery, when you are selecting the wireless router the mouse works great and it is super fast, but as soon as it begins to load and start the internet recovery it starts lagging really bad.
One weird thing I noticed that its doing was during one of the installation process the fans slowed down to normal for about 30 seconds. During this time the mouse did not lag and the thing was moving quite quickly. But every time I attempt to reinstall OSX it says it was not able to install the program because of a missing file, and quits.
So no I can't reinstall anything. the keyboard light is out and the fans on high. I tried SMC reset and NVRAM and neither made a difference. So I took the logic board out, cleaned it super good, shows no signs of liquid damage or corrosion. Reinstalled and still the same issues.
I guess the long story question here is do you think its a logic board going bad? I am going to try and reboot with an individual stick of ram to see if that makes a difference but I feel the combination of the lights out and the fan on high tends to make me think that the board is not happy.
Any thoughts, and if you think its a board, any suggestions where to repair or replace for the best price. For a free MBP I am not afraid to spend a few bucks to add this to my arsenal of macs.
Thanks
Keith

2010 shipped with 2 DVD. The AHT is one one of those DVD. Boot off the DVD by holding the c key.
from the link above-
Using Apple Hardware Test on computers with OS X 10.5.5 to 10.6.7
AHT is located on the Applications Install Disc 2 and should be included with your computer or the MacBook Air Software Reinstall Drive on a MacBook Air (Late 2010). To start AHT on these computers make sure the Applications Install Disc 2 is inserted into the built-in optical drive, external Apple Superdrive, or for the MacBook Air (Late 2010) be sure the MacBook Air Software Reinstall Drive is inserted into a USB port. Please then follow steps 1-6 outlined in the "Using Apple Hardware Test on computers with OS X 10.7 or later" section of this article.

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