Macbook Pro - option to replace logic board - what is the fault???

Less than two weeks ago I posted that my Macbook Pro would not boot - dead screen, no sound from HD, superdrive would not respond to keyboard, etc. Anyway, I extracted the HD and retrieved most of the data I needed. The machine was 45 days out of waranty but after a bit of cajoling Apple agreed to replace the logic board. The dealer's technician examined the machine but, you guessed, the fault has not recurred! The machine boots, the diagnostics show no evidence of a fault... so what went wrong, and more importantly did my disassembly and reassembly of the machine knock a connection back into place? Perhaops the HD connector (SATA drive)? I have decided to replace the logic board in any event as - it has a 90 day warranty - an intermittent fault frays the nerves worse than any other. Anyone got ideas about what is, or could have been the fault?

hi i was wondering how you managed to get apple to replace the logic board on your macbook pro out of warrenty! it happened to me a couple of days ago and yes it was just out of warrenty. at 13months.
any help with this would be awesome! regards, james

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