Satellite A665-s6050 Will Not Attempt To Boot

Hello all, hoping I can get some help here with my old Toshiba. Ive had the laptop for about 5 years, it came with Windows 7 which was rather new at the time, and about two years ago I had a hard drive failure. I swapped in a drive from my old Gateway, I think a Seagate, and started running Ubuntu. Ive replaced the power cord once, and the battery only lasts about 20 minutes anymore, but other than that, the machine has been fairly reliable.
Until yesterday, that is. I opened the lid, hit the power button to wake it from sleep, and I saw the light and heard the drive start to spin. Then everything stopped and the lights went out. When I hit the power button nothing happens, holding it is no different.
I have done a little searching, and I see there are alot of problems with boot failure in these models, but most people seem to have machines that attempt to boot. Now I have the little blue lights for power cord and battery, but nothing else, so I dont think it is a battery or cord problem. Ive tried the 30 second power button hold with no power or battery attached, but it didnt make a difference. Im not sure where to go from here with trouble shooting.
It seems to me that there is a mother board failure, but im not sure how to diagnose. I would like to repair the computer, rather than spend alot of money on a new one with that crappy windows 8. Ive built a number of laptops in the past, including a frankenstein Panasonic Toughbook, so I feel capable of making any repairs, I'm just not sure where to go with this problem.
Thanks in advance for any advice guys.
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sorry to hear your having issues. could be hardware; could be software. Best way to figure out which is process of ellimination. You have already done a power reset. another thing to try is remounting ram and hdd. make sure you drain all power from board before touching those by removing battery and power cord, then holding power button down for 30 sec.
could also be that computer is going into shutdown to protect itself from overheating if there is something wrong with the cooling system. take a look under the bottom of the computer and the side where the fan inlet/outlet are and see if there is visible dirt, etc. present. If your fan has never been cleaned, this would be a good time to do it. It is a bit time consuming, but not difficult. You will have to take your case apart, but just keep track where everything goes and you should be fine. clean the fan and heat sink, and while you have it apart, inspect for any signs of damage such as blown caps, etc. (i.e., scorch marks, burt smell). can of compressed air and cotton swaps w/rubbing alcohol will do the trick. You might as well as reseat the heatsink since you have it all apart anyway. you can get AS-5 at Rat Shack and you tube will show you how to apply. before you put back together, locate the cmos batery (button cell) and remove it for at least 30 seconds, then reinstall. button it up and see what happens.
You should first pull the hdd and connect it to a working computer and copy any/all information you want to keep safe. While your at it, you can run diagnostics on the hdd and see how its health is. not likely why your computer isn't even posting but worth checking out anyway.
post back results.
L305-S5955, T9300 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 60GB SSD, Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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