Macbook Pro 2010 froze, now won't boot.

Hey all,
I have a Macbook Pro that i got in 2010.  It has been a great machine.  I have done a couple of upgrades on the ram and hard drive. For a while there were not any problems.  But last week my computer froze up, app by app, till the whole computer was unusable.  Then I restarted the computer and it said that the hard drive was having problems.  I tried doing all the repairs on the hard drive, eventually replacing it with a SSD because I thought the drive was dead.  So I plugged in the SSD and it had a hard time writing to it the first time I booted the computer with internet recovery, but when I tried it again it allowed me to install OS X Mountain Lion again.  Got it installed, then the exact same thing happened to me, each app froze, till the whole computer froze, now the machine won't boot, or even let me do any of the keyboard boot options.  It just sits at a blank screen and gets hot.  Any ideas?  I really need my computer to be working right now and i don't have the money for an additional one.
Thanks

Yes, unfortunately, yet another Apple device failure. Question marked answered because repaired under warranty. BUT:
It is embarrassing as a Mac bigot to have had this problem and in the few months since ALSO had:
- iMac 24" (condensation inside screen, never happened to any other company's monitors)
- iPhone 3GS white screen of death
and before this:
- MacBook Pro 17" defective graphics, motherboard replaced
- PowerBook G4 17" defective sound system, motherboard replaced
- eMac G4 700, screen fizzled into showing 1/4 display size in center, thrown away
- PowerBook G3 500 FW defective, whole machine replaced
- PowerBook G3 300 defective, machine replaced
- PowerBook Duo 280c defective keyboard, replaced
and I can't even remember past that.
Can't make fun of ugly clunky Dells or HPs anymore after this experience.
Imran

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