Problem with Macbook Pro 15 (Late 2007)

What I did is that I tried to install a 500gb threw the macbook. Then suddently, the macbook pro did not wanted to reconize the gb that I put in. I tried all the shortcut keys and none of them work. It only stayed with a Apple Logo with the circle on the bottom spinning. It freezes sometimes. I tried everything, & it still freezing and did all the trick.
Yesturday, It did not decided to turn on. The screen did not want to turn on. The blinking light on the bottom did not want to turn on also. I clicked on the power on but it actually turned on but the screen and the blinking light did not wanted to turn on. I tried on the keyboard, & it did not wanted to turn on the lights. I tried everything my best to get it back working.
Please help me with this problem. Maybe for me I think its the logic board. I'm not sure because once I got it, It was working 100% except for the apple and circle on the bottom spinning.
Thank you for reading and helping,
DaddyCorrupted

You must first prep the new drive then install OS X on it:
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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