I think I broke my gf's ibook :S Help please

So yesterday, I opened my girlfriends iBook up to clean it out. It had been overheating even when on a flat surface and shutting off. So I went to work with the compressed air. I removed both bezels and whatnot. When I put it all back together, I hit the power button and heard the startup chime, but just a black screen. Then followed by another startup chime, and still more darkness. So...here I am now, with an inoperational iBook and irate girlfriend! Step one, I'm going to take it apart and double check that I put everything together correctly, and if this doesn't do the trick, I fear my laptop knowledge has been exceeded. Any ideas? My last resort (easy way out) is to buy another one on ebay and swap out the HD with hers. My question for that is, if I just swap out a HD will the new comp boot up and be exactly like her other one (ie...same wallpaper and prefs with all files??. I have successfully swapped out her disk drive with a combo one and some other small things, so I have a bit of competency...I was kind of in a hurry this last time...mistake #1.
So any suggestions or help would be great! Thanks guys!
Charles

I would be certain that it was exactly the same model iBook in order to maximize the chances of it working. Check out the specs at EveryMac.com to be sure you get the exact same model.
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