Earthquake ruined my iMac

When I press the power, the fans start up and the light flashes unusually rapidly indicating a fault I suspect.
Anyway, if anyone knows of any trouble shooting techniques I can try, please let me know.
I've taken the front off and had a look to confirm all of the fans are going, but I can see no visible damage to the parts, it seems the tumble as dislodged something causing the LCD to no longer function...

yikes, i'm sorry to hear about your computer; but I'm glad your OK.
You could try a SMC reset. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
if you can get the start up chime, you could try a NVRAM reset. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
how many beeps do you hear?
is it a 3 short, 3 long, 3 short beeps?
or is it 1 to 5 beeps that repeats? http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1547
or just one long loud beep?

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