Computer won't boot at all-no fan noise or screen

My mac recently shut itself off and refused to start up again. It had been giving me problems prior to this-I would boot up and the monitor wouldn't display, even though I could here programs starting and whatnot. Occasionally it would boot and not display the menu bar on the top of the screen. I was crossing my fingers and hoping it wasn't anything too bad.
But now it's broke. When I hold down the power button, the white LED lights up, as well as some red light in the machine itself. There's a CLICK-CLICK noise when I press the button, and after the second click, the red light goes out. When I lift my finger, the white light goes out.
I'd love to run the Hardware Test, but how do you get the CD tray open with the machine off?
I've tried to look the problem up, but most of the help seems to involve actually having your computer turn on at least halfway.

Hi Para_chan;
From the sound of your problems, it sounds like the power supply has quit but that is only a guess at this point. Since you are unable to get it to turn on you will probably have to take it into the Apple Store where they have more resource to figure out what is wrong with it.
Allan

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