X205-S7483 Won't Boot, Power Light on, Fans Off, HDD Off, Screen Black, CD Drive doesn't open.

I gave my Toshiba X205-S7483 to my brother to use and about a year ago I was told it wasn't working anymore. He says it was his son who was about 3 at the time who broke it so I don't know what was done. I don't notice anything obvious. I couldn't work on it at the time and a friend of my mom offered to take a look at it. This guy must have been after something else because he took it apart and gave me back a bag of parts. I have to laugh at bs like that because life is too short. So the laptop stayed as a bag of parts for about a year. Sad I know. Reminds me of the old Pixar movie about the sad little Lamp and toaster. Anyways, I decided to make an effort to bring this baby back to life. I took the time and put it back together. The problem is still there but I believe everything is there and I didn't break anything else. I have been reading around in the forums and the only other posts I have found refer to a situation where the CD drive works, the fans spin and the Hard drive fire up. In some the computer doesn't post. However in my situation I have a power light which leads me to believe the MotherBoard has power but I don't have anything else really. The battery light and charge lights are working as well. I used a multi meter to verify proper voltage at the charger output. I have yet to pull it back apart enough to test voltages on the motherboard. If anyone has any advice on what to look at specifically that would be awesome. I plan on checking for a fuse around the power supply. Only other thought is to buy another board. I would like to fix this if I can. I like to tinker so I'm in no hurry.

Have you tried running it on an external monitor? If the lights work, fan spins, etc, but you have no display, even with an external monitor, it's either a video card or motherboard issue.
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