Mac Book Pro 17" (Early 2008) totally Death

Dear MacBook pro community,
I have a MacBook pro 17" Early 2008 and wihout any warning the machine turned to blank screen and has no video or startup diagnostic was able to run....I have trying all suggestions to have at least a diagnostic but nothing worked... :-( it looks like the board failed... Do you know anithing about it??
Thanks for your comments!
Best Regards,
Nelson

Not seen anyting like it no.
You should be able to extract the hard drive, using a 00 phillips micro screwdriver (magnetic preferred) a plastic compartmentalized container for all the screws to go back in the same order.
Then hook it up to a IDE/SATA to USB powered external adpater and use another Mac or PC (with MacDrive installed) to access your files.
Take the machine in to Apple if your under AppleCare, it likely won't be coming back.

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