Can't wake up MacBook

I left my Macbook open and came back a half hour later and the screen was black. Couldn't get it to light up. Tried turning it off and on again but to no avail. Any ideas out there?

Could be a hardware problem. Bring it to an Apple store and get them to look at it. Not really sure what your problem is. Sorry!

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