Dv9843cl black screen, fans run constantly

Hi everyone,
since yesterday my dv9000 went haywire.
Laptop screen wont power I can get the image on the external LCD, but it lost driver information and I cant install the Viewsonic VA2216w drivers. Also it wont run at LCD resolution 1650x1050. In windows, when I close the lid and open it back again, laptop screen shows signal but no image, e.g. dark gray and windows shows another screen. It just wont show the image on the laptop screen at all.
Also, fans are running at the constant speed, no matter the temperature. I also noticed some usb functionality is off.
I reinstalled Win7 on it, same things happen. I updated Bios, no help. I put the new nvidia drivers, no good. I dissembled  the laptop and cleaned it, only good is that its not overheating and shutting down now.
Do I really need the new motherboard??? 

My computer is in the same state!!! Grey screen of death shut the computer down, and mine is in the same state, but worse cause my CD drive keeps skipping as well.

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    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303446
    Imac 17 in Intel 1.83 ghz Intel duo core 1 gig mem   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  
    Imac 17 in Intel 1.83 ghz Intel duo core 1 gig mem   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  
    Imac 17 in Intel 1.83 ghz Intel duo core 1 gig mem   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  
    Imac 17 in Intel 1.83 ghz Intel duo core 1 gig mem   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

    I second Dave it needs to go back to service. What I have heard happens sometime is one of the temperature sensors is either not put back on properly during reassembly or it comes of soon after. With an incorrect temperature reading that particular fan will run at full speed. You can check the fan speeds by installing iStat Pro: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27037
    George

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    Hi,
    I've had this problem for a while and it's really getting to me. The fan on my black MacBook (purchased April 2007 and treated very well) runs constantly. Not upon startup, but as soon as I open Firefox it's going until I shut down. I've read about people who had backed up print queues and clearing this solved the problem, but my print queue is empty and doesn't even show up on Activity Monitor. It also says that I have between 88%-92% of my CPU free. Any help is greatly appreciated.
    I should also add that the CPU temp is between 66° and 69° C.
    Message was edited by: petitchat

    What speed is the fan running at? Use smcFanControl to monitor it. The fan should be running close to 2000RPM at idle.
    Dave M.
    MacOSG Founder/Ambassador  An Apple User Group  iTunes: MacOSG Podcast
    Creator of 'Mac611 - Mobile Mac Support' (designed exclusively for an iPhone/iPod touch)

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