DV4t-5200 Main Board bad?

Hi all, i have a Envy DV4t-5200 laptop that recently stopped working (out of warranty), it wont power up at all, no beeps, very little lights, no HDD activity......
I did some extensive trouble shooting, diconnecting various items from the main board- dvd drive, speakers, fan, keyboard, touchpad, etc... and did manage to get it working agian, the computer seemed to be cycling trying trying to get started, fan would start up, then stop almost immediately, then do it all over again, eventually i got lucky and it started. I put everything back together started it up again and all was good. Came back the next day and it was back to doing nothing again. So.... back to the drawing board; started pulling things apart again, this time while trying to get it goign with virtually everything disconnected again, the fan barely budges at all when i hit the power button. So ive narrowed it to two possible problems, please keep in mind, I've tested the power supply, its reading 20 volts as it should, I also have been doing my testing with the battery pulled out, so its not that either:
1. Bad power jack (plug in wire harness type) - Ive tested the voltage on this with the compuer plugged in, i seem to be getting 20 volts on all of the red leads, which seems normal with my limited knowledge of wiring. Anything else i should be testing on this to rule it out? Obviously cant test to see if the voltage does anything weird when it starts, because it doesnt start.
2. Bad main board - Everything looks fine on it, but who knows. The product number on it is 717188-501, i cant seem to find this part anywhere online, anybody have any advice on how to replace this? I bought the computer about 18 months ago, its kind of frustrating that i cant find a part for a computer this new.... Are there any relatively straightforward ways to test the main board? Obviously im not opposed to getting my hands dirty so to speak...
I will also mention that i suspected the problem could be in the "switch" that puts the computer into hibernate when closing the lid, when getting it working initially i noticed that it seemed to start depending on how the lid was poistioned. So when i did have it momentarily working i set it up to do nothing when the lid closes, this seems to not be the problem since its not working again but who knows.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Jon

Sorry, one more thing i should mention; when i had it working, i reconnected things one at a time to try and isolate the problem, but none of the various components caused the problem again.

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