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I replaced the HDD with an SSD (formatted) reassembled everything in its bare state, it turned on and chimed. I fully reassembled it, fans ramped up but nothing on the screen. Checked all connections. Reseated GPU and CPU. Reset SMC. No beeps. Nothing. If you’re curious, there were 2 lights on, one indicating that power was connecting, the other indicating it was powered on. Please help!
You didn’t re-assemble it correctly.
