Dead MacBook Air

Hi all,
I have a client with a dead MacBook Air that I've tried nearly everything I can think of to resurrect it without any success. Maybe someone here has a suggestion on something else to try.
Scenario:
MacBook Air running 10.5.8. No peripherals attached.
1. The power adapter is attached and the LED glows green so it appears to be charging well.
2. When pressing the power button the computer makes a faint noise, like the fan starts to spin. The LED on the front edge glows solid for about 1 second, then blinks rapidly 9 times. Then the LED goes out for about 1 second, and comes back on steady for as long as the power button is held. At the moment, that's all the computer does.
Things I have tried:
1. Holding C key on power-up to boot from OS X install CD.
2. Holding Option key on power-up to boot into Safe Mode.
3. Holding Command-Control-P-R to rese PRAM on power-up.
4. Holding (Left side of keyboard) Shift-Control-Option plus Power button to reset SMC. Then pressing power button after 5 seconds.
When trying each of these methods the exact same thing happens as described above, a slight noise, 9 blinks of the sleep light etc.
The client has very sensitive data on the SSD and doesn't want to send the computer in for repair, but I've about out of suggestions on what to do.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks,

I had similar problem, brought a refurb. Had to be sent in for repair. Turns out needed a new Logic board, fortunately I was still under warranty. Call AppleCare or bring to Genius Bar. Good luck.

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