I just acquired an HP Pavilion dv7-1170us HOWEVER I was told that the previous owner took it to the geek squad and they told him that the mobo was fried.

Im wondering if this is exactly true. See when I press the power button, it powers up, the screen does NOT turn on (And he said its a new screen), the fans spinning really fast you can hear it, the lights on the keyboard are on, then the fan stops and silence. All in about 2 seconds. The screen never comes on, the fan isnt working, and the lights stay on.

If its true that the motherboard is fried in it, how would I get a new one? I would much rather be the one to replace the motherboard.

Oh yea I've done some research on the subject first. The motherboard costs 203 from one site and a new hard drive costs 99. The entire model if I buy it new costs 771 from Amazon. I would be saving a lot of money by just getting a new motherboard. The thing doesnt have a manual to refer to unfortunately and also getting any sort of support on it would cost money Im afraid. I found this out by going to HPs website and looking up the product number. The warrentys expired is why.

xP woops, so thats why its so green and purty! I shall take a look see thanks DC!