Back light only after using thunderbolt display

Hello,
I have a new 2012 Macbook pro 17 and a 27 inch thunderbolt display.
The Macbook was working great. Then I connected it to the thunderbolt display and did clamshell mode. That worked well too. But.. then I powered down the macbook, disconnected the thunderbolt dislplay and tried to boot back up again. The mac book powers on, the back light comes on, I hear the chime then that is it. The back light stays on nothing else happens. Resetting the PRAM can not be done. Any of the boot options are ignored. It is like the keyboard is non resposive. I tried all the reset and boot combinations available but nothing works.
The light on the front of the macbook comes on then goes dim. The apple logo on the lid stays lit, and if I close the lid, the apple logo goes dim and the light on the front lights up. Weird, it is almost like it goes to sleep when it turns on. I tried conntecting the thunderbolt again but no joy. I am really disappointed. This is less than a month old and its already going in for repair. It should be replaced.
Me No Gusta!

Well, I tried the other reset method too. I removed the battery which was extremely easy. I found a tri tip screw driver I used to open Nintendo Wii's this was a perfect fit for the 3 tri screws that were used to hold in the battery.
Anyway, it still did not work. Wow, I gotta tell you, this apple ****, is complete junk. I just turned a Lenovo into a hackbook. It actually seems faster than the i7 macbook that is screwed up. Never again apple, never again.

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