64GB Playbook died, just out of warranty period :(

Hi,
I have a 64GB playbook that seems to have software issues. The Playbook is out of warranty as it was purchased on May 15th of 2011.
The problem I have having is this...
It won't turn on if I press power.
If I attached the supplied charger or rapid charger, the red led comes on and then it shows a battery with a lightning bolt dimly. Then it brightened. The battery with the lightning bolt disappears and the LED becomes a solid green. After a little while the green LED disappears and the Playbook Logo appears (with a very dimly lit green LED). It stays like this for hours and hours. I left it for 8+ hours and it's still stuck on the Playbook Logo.
If I attach it to the computer via USB, the Playbook turns on with a red led followed by 5 Green/yellow LED blinks and turns off.
Desktop manager will recognize the Playbook as 'Playbook(0)'. I cannot update the Playbook because Desktop manager will not recognize it. I tried DM version 6 and the newest 7.
I have tried stack charging of 2 min. plugged in and 2 min. off plug for about 50 cycles with no result.
I have also tried the reset of Power+Up Vol+Down Vol at various points with no success.
I believe it could be a software issue that the Playbook will not boot up since it gets stuck on the Playbook Logo screen.
Is there anything you could do for me?
I tried emailing [email protected] but I got an automated response back saying they are unable to process my request.
I really appreciate the help.

I think your severely depleted your battery
If the battery level is critically low, the BlackBerry PlayBook may remain on the boot screen until sufficient charge has been reached to fully boot the BlackBerry PlayBook
I would connect the charger and get to above point again to charge it for a few hours and then do the 3 button reset after
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