MacMentor, Thank you for your thoughts. We both have the same exact laptops, so if I am unable to get it working, I am going to swap hard drives, if at least to back it up. Fortunately backups are things we both do, but it has been a while for both of us. I did open up the laptop yesterday, the keyboard is off, but I am having a hard time locating the damage, is there any recommendations on what to look for?