Will a new MotherBoar​d cure Blank Screen with blinking cursor?

Stuck with Blank Screen with blinking cursor; ESC key couldn’t bring up Startup Menu; OS is not loading
Product Name: HP G62 237 CA Notebook PC
Short description of the problems:   
--- Press ESC key couldn’t bring up Startup Menu when booting up
--- Blank screen with blinking cursor thereafter
--- Stuck here forever and OS is not loading
DETAILED INFORMATION:
Product Name and Operating System:      
Model: HP G62 237 CA Notebook PC
O/S: Pre-loaded with Win 7 Home Prem
Processor: Pent. Dual-Core CPU T4500 2.30GHz
Memory: 4GB
BIOS Ver. (Insyde): F.17
System BOARD ID: 1484
Product #: WQ767UA#ABC
Product Config ID: 049C110000202710000020000
Problem History:     
--- Used to have frequent BSOD (got fixed later because of faulty RAM that I suspected)
--- Window couldn’t be loaded
--- Window Repair and HP Recovery were tried but not functioning
--- OEM Hard Drive was then removed & formatted few times by using other computer
--- Hard Drive was then tested by other computer; it can be installed Win XP & Win 7
--- So, Hard Drive was eliminated from the suspect list
--- Replaced with other good RAM from other computers & put back the OEM Hard Drive to my HP G62; everything worked fine, such as: able to reinstall Win 7; listening to music files; got Internet to download latest BIOS from HP support site; connected to my 42 inched TV as my monitor; and even smoothly updated the BIOS from v.17 to v.37!
--- Also, able to receive Window Updates from the Internet; and seemed that all problems were nicely solved
--- Once I believe my system got stabilized; I went back to test the 2 supposedly problematic RAM to see whether they were both faulty or not, then the whole thing has turned around! Completely screwed me up until this moment …
--- After put back the problematic RAM, Window couldn’t be loaded …
--- With a few error messages… such as,
--- The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum;
--- After the next reboot… an unexpected screen message showed up:
Intel ® Cantiga PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS
Build Number: 1932 PC 14.34 11/11/2009 02:36:14
DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright © 2000-2003 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
--- After that, OS was not loading …
--- Press ESC key couldn’t bring up the Startup Menu during boot up
--- Blank screen with blinking cursor thereafter and seems stuck here forever
Procedures performed for troubleshooting:
Tried hard reset for more than 5 times (removed battery, AC adapter disconnected and then hold down the Power button for more than 60 secs) and tried reseating memory too; same result with Blank Screen with blinking cursor after each reboot.
Connected to an external monitor [Fn + F4/F5] to see whether there was any display, nothing has showed on the external monitor, it seemed that no connection established between the two.
Finally, took the long journey to follow the Service and Maintenance Guide of HP G62 to remove the CMOS battery for well over 15 minutes and put it back. But the result was again disappointed. Tried 4 times already. The latest error message is:      
The CMOS checksum is invalid. The CMOS will be reset to the default configuration and will be rebooted. Please check your BIOS Setup options to see if they change.
CMOS Reset (502)
ENTER – Reboot the system
After this message, the same Blank Screen with blinking cursor came back. And pressing the ESC key couldn’t bring up Startup Menu when booting up …
Note: the fan is still running; the Power button is functioning but seems stuck here forever!
I’ve already carefully read this HP Support document titled “HP BIOS Application Selected is Corrupt or Missing”:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&​lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01443485#N144
If really is the BIOS problems, then I will have the difficulties of updating a Window-based BIOS when I couldn’t even load Window!
(Note: Boot from USB has no point because right now I couldn’t change the boot sequence because the various “Startup Menu” options are not showing up!)  
Secondly, I am still stuck with the Blank Screen with a blinking cursor after I passed the first screen of “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu” when re-booted again!
Thirdly, I have formatted my Hard Drive more than 3 times during the last few days for testing; I don’t have the OEM pre-loaded Win 7 with me anyone … and I don’t think I have the UEFI installed previously on my system. I did try hold down the Win Key + B with the most updated BIOS in the attached USB …, it came back with the same blank screen with a cursor blinking after reboot.
Note: the Blank Screen I’m experiencing right now is not completely black, in fact, there is background light from behind the screen and on each reboot, I can see the HP logo and the left corner message of: “Press ESC key for Startup Menu” … So, I suppose that my computer screen is not physically broken at least.
Requests:
Please explain to me that what are the problem areas and the root causes if is possible?
What steps or other tests can be done to make it work again?
Do you think replacing the entire MotherBoard can cure the Blank Screen with blinking cursor?
[Warranty: expired! I am the original purchaser & the end-user of this HP G62; acquired 2 years ago directly from a trustworthy source: staples (in Canada). Would HP Support still willing to service it for an extra charge?]
Thanks in advance for any suggestion and idea!
Owenson
===========================================

Stuck with Blank Screen with blinking cursor; ESC key couldn’t bring up Startup Menu; OS is not loading
Product Name: HP G62 237 CA Notebook PC
Short description of the problems:   
--- Press ESC key couldn’t bring up Startup Menu when booting up
--- Blank screen with blinking cursor thereafter
--- Stuck here forever and OS is not loading
DETAILED INFORMATION:
Product Name and Operating System:      
Model: HP G62 237 CA Notebook PC
O/S: Pre-loaded with Win 7 Home Prem
Processor: Pent. Dual-Core CPU T4500 2.30GHz
Memory: 4GB
BIOS Ver. (Insyde): F.17
System BOARD ID: 1484
Product #: WQ767UA#ABC
Product Config ID: 049C110000202710000020000
Problem History:     
--- Used to have frequent BSOD (got fixed later because of faulty RAM that I suspected)
--- Window couldn’t be loaded
--- Window Repair and HP Recovery were tried but not functioning
--- OEM Hard Drive was then removed & formatted few times by using other computer
--- Hard Drive was then tested by other computer; it can be installed Win XP & Win 7
--- So, Hard Drive was eliminated from the suspect list
--- Replaced with other good RAM from other computers & put back the OEM Hard Drive to my HP G62; everything worked fine, such as: able to reinstall Win 7; listening to music files; got Internet to download latest BIOS from HP support site; connected to my 42 inched TV as my monitor; and even smoothly updated the BIOS from v.17 to v.37!
--- Also, able to receive Window Updates from the Internet; and seemed that all problems were nicely solved
--- Once I believe my system got stabilized; I went back to test the 2 supposedly problematic RAM to see whether they were both faulty or not, then the whole thing has turned around! Completely screwed me up until this moment …
--- After put back the problematic RAM, Window couldn’t be loaded …
--- With a few error messages… such as,
--- The file is possibly corrupt. The file header checksum does not match the computed checksum;
--- After the next reboot… an unexpected screen message showed up:
Intel ® Cantiga PCI Accelerated SVGA BIOS
Build Number: 1932 PC 14.34 11/11/2009 02:36:14
DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright © 2000-2003 Intel Corp. All Rights Reserved.
--- After that, OS was not loading …
--- Press ESC key couldn’t bring up the Startup Menu during boot up
--- Blank screen with blinking cursor thereafter and seems stuck here forever
Procedures performed for troubleshooting:
Tried hard reset for more than 5 times (removed battery, AC adapter disconnected and then hold down the Power button for more than 60 secs) and tried reseating memory too; same result with Blank Screen with blinking cursor after each reboot.
Connected to an external monitor [Fn + F4/F5] to see whether there was any display, nothing has showed on the external monitor, it seemed that no connection established between the two.
Finally, took the long journey to follow the Service and Maintenance Guide of HP G62 to remove the CMOS battery for well over 15 minutes and put it back. But the result was again disappointed. Tried 4 times already. The latest error message is:      
The CMOS checksum is invalid. The CMOS will be reset to the default configuration and will be rebooted. Please check your BIOS Setup options to see if they change.
CMOS Reset (502)
ENTER – Reboot the system
After this message, the same Blank Screen with blinking cursor came back. And pressing the ESC key couldn’t bring up Startup Menu when booting up …
Note: the fan is still running; the Power button is functioning but seems stuck here forever!
I’ve already carefully read this HP Support document titled “HP BIOS Application Selected is Corrupt or Missing”:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&​lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01443485#N144
If really is the BIOS problems, then I will have the difficulties of updating a Window-based BIOS when I couldn’t even load Window!
(Note: Boot from USB has no point because right now I couldn’t change the boot sequence because the various “Startup Menu” options are not showing up!)  
Secondly, I am still stuck with the Blank Screen with a blinking cursor after I passed the first screen of “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu” when re-booted again!
Thirdly, I have formatted my Hard Drive more than 3 times during the last few days for testing; I don’t have the OEM pre-loaded Win 7 with me anyone … and I don’t think I have the UEFI installed previously on my system. I did try hold down the Win Key + B with the most updated BIOS in the attached USB …, it came back with the same blank screen with a cursor blinking after reboot.
Note: the Blank Screen I’m experiencing right now is not completely black, in fact, there is background light from behind the screen and on each reboot, I can see the HP logo and the left corner message of: “Press ESC key for Startup Menu” … So, I suppose that my computer screen is not physically broken at least.
Requests:
Please explain to me that what are the problem areas and the root causes if is possible?
What steps or other tests can be done to make it work again?
Do you think replacing the entire MotherBoard can cure the Blank Screen with blinking cursor?
[Warranty: expired! I am the original purchaser & the end-user of this HP G62; acquired 2 years ago directly from a trustworthy source: staples (in Canada). Would HP Support still willing to service it for an extra charge?]
Thanks in advance for any suggestion and idea!
Owenson
===========================================

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    [ 4955.496] (--) using VT number 7
    [ 4955.508] (II) intel(0): using device path '/dev/dri/card0'
    [ 4955.509] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
    [ 4955.509] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
    [ 4955.509] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
    [ 4955.509] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
    [ 4955.509] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) i830M
    [ 4955.509] (**) intel(0): Relaxed fencing disabled
    [ 4955.509] (**) intel(0): Wait on SwapBuffers? enabled
    [ 4955.509] (**) intel(0): Triple buffering? enabled
    [ 4955.509] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
    [ 4955.510] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
    [ 4955.510] (**) intel(0): 3D buffers tiled
    [ 4955.510] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
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    [ 4955.593] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
    [ 4955.594] (--) intel(0): found backlight control interface /sys/class/backlight/thinkpad_screen
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    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0 33.75 848 864 976 1088 480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz e)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.677] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS1
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (48.4 kHz P)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 connected
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 connected
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using initial mode 1024x768
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1024x768
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
    [ 4955.678] (II) intel(0): Kernel page flipping support detected, enabling
    [ 4955.678] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
    [ 4955.678] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
    [ 4955.678] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
    [ 4955.679] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
    [ 4955.679] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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    [ 4955.679] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
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    [ 4955.680] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
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    [ 4955.680] (II) solid
    [ 4955.680] (II) copy
    [ 4955.680] (II) composite (RENDER acceleration)
    [ 4955.680] (II) put_image
    [ 4955.680] (II) get_image
    [ 4955.680] (==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
    [ 4955.680] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
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    [ 4956.126] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    [ 4956.126] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
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    [ 4956.198] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input2/event2"
    [ 4956.198] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
    [ 4956.198] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    [ 4956.198] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    [ 4956.198] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
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    [ 4956.200] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
    [ 4956.200] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
    [ 4956.201] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
    [ 4956.201] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
    [ 4956.201] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
    [ 4956.202] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
    [ 4956.202] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
    [ 4956.202] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
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    [ 4956.202] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
    [ 4956.202] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
    [ 4956.202] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    [ 4956.202] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    [ 4956.202] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
    [ 4956.204] (II) config/udev: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
    [ 4956.205] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
    [ 4956.205] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
    [ 4956.205] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
    [ 4956.205] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
    [ 4956.205] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
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    [ 4956.205] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
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    [ 4956.205] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
    [ 4956.205] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
    [ 4956.205] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
    [ 4956.206] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    [ 4956.206] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
    [ 4956.208] (II) config/udev: Adding input device TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint (/dev/input/event6)
    [ 4956.208] (**) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
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    [ 4956.208] (**) evdev: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
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    [ 4956.214] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
    [ 4956.214] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
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    [ 4964.186] (II) evdev: ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Close
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    [ 4964.189] (II) evdev: TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: Close
    [ 4964.189] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
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    [ 4964.190] (II) UnloadModule: "evdev"
    [ 4964.192] Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

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