Satellite L355D-S7829 went semi-dead

Hello. My satellite will power-on, make the familiar sound, but hard drive light does not come on and screen stays black.
In other words, it does not boot. Fan runs. I thought it might be hard drive but I switched an extra one in (actually it was the original OEM--I replaced it two years ago for a bigger drive), but same thing. Does it sound like motherboard? I am thinking that way...but could it be a RAM stick went bad?
Any help would be appreciated.
Carl

if your screen stays totally black, then I would say that it is your motherboard. Luckily, you can get a used motherboard on eBay for fairly cheap for your system. Just remove the RAM sticks, and the part number is located on a sticker under the RAM on the motherboard.
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