Air is dead after migrating from Macbook Pro Maverick via time machine

I backed up my Macbook Pro on Time Machine. I then used setup assistant on new Macbook Air. Everything went great with transfer, but upon restart, I get slight light on screen, but no apple, icon, and resetting of any form does not work. No sound. Help!

That's annoying. What resets have you attempted?
Did you do everything in this Apple Support document?
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