The LEDs for Caps Lock and Num Lock blink constantly every 2-3 seconds as long as we try to run the PC. I had an SSD drive and because it does not make any sound I change it for a HHD; I can heard the HHD spinning, fan running, there is no light on the screen at all, and the there is no other sounds coming out of the PC.
My son and I dismantelled the laptop to reach the motherboard. After removing the fan, which was relatively clean, we noticed there was not much heat paste on the CPU or the heat sink. Most of the paste was on the borders of the chip itself, sort of squished to the sides. The past on the other smaller chip next to the main CPU was all on the heatsink in a nice square shape and none on the chip itself. We clean it up and reapply paste to both., re assambled the laotop and fire it up....all the same. I looked online for the CPU, so I can purchase one, also for the motherboard. but still deciding whether to spend money on any of it or just buy another laptop.
By the way, thanks for answering my plea for help.