Black MacBook power button?

Hi
I have a situation with a black macbook. I Describe it step by step to see if anyone can help me with a diagnosis.
First of all I want to specify that I consider myself an intermediate user, since I work in consulting and training on the Mac, but 70% software and 30% focused on hardware and the problem that I face now is hardware.
It is a 2006 black Macbook which HD died.
- I changed the hard drive.
- Until then, the power button always worked.
- When attempting to install the system, I realize that the installer does not detect the hard drive attached, so I figured It was misplaced.
- When tried to reinstall it, I realized that one of the rail that leads the hard disk had come loose and prevented the disk to properly get docked.
- I disassembled the Mac to fix that.
- I make the correction (I've dismantled several that model several times )
- At the end I power it up, and nothing ....
- The MagSafe connector is delivering power. I dismantled it again and check that it was well armed ... Everything is fine, but it will not start ..
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance ..

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 9808 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    716F24AA-2763-4A12-A3CA-877FE127FD02
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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f81425007): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff809e52e000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
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0xffffff807b1d3950 : 0xffffff7f8151dbf7
0xffffff807b1d39c0 : 0xffffff7f823ad855
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0xffffff807b1d3b30 : 0xffffff7f8142ed6a
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Hello,
Having searched high and low, I can't seem to find a solution to my predicament.
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