T61 crashed and won't power back on

He guys,
I have a 14" T61 (7662-CTO) that's been with me for 2 years. A few days ago, I was browsing and the laptop got very sluggish for a few minutes and then became unresponsive and crashed. I tried powering it back up, but it doesn't work. The battery, electric supply and power notification lights are all on, but the system doesn't power up. The instant I press the power button, I hear the soundof the CD drive and fan for a brief moment before it's all silent.
I have tried using another battery, another power brick, re-installing my RAM, and switching to another HD, but nothing seems to work. I'm worried that it might be the systemboard that's fried. If that's the case, is it normal for the laptop to slow down before crashing? I'd imagine burning your systemboard would cause a crash instantly.
I've done a lot of research and can't diagnose it exaclty. Also, there are no beeping sounds when I hold down the power buton as is the case with the NVS-140M issue.
Can anyone possibly shed some light on what might be the problem? I'm out of the warranty period and I'd hate to have to part with my ThinkPad, it's still so awesome.

the system may slowdown before a crash, do you have the Nvidia GPU or something? does the laptop beep when you start the laptop without the ram installed?
My T61 was extremely slow and frequently BSOD (which usually proceeded by extreme sluggishness), i tried to reinstall the OS to no avail, and had to send the laptop into the depot.
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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