Fan turns on, but no boot

My late 2007 macbook was would not come out of sleep mode when the lid was opened this morning so I force shut it down. Now it will not turn on. The fan will turn on for a couple seconds but nothing else happens when the power button is pushed. I've tried various resets but nothing changed. I am in the south pacific and cannot call or contact support even though I have an apple care warranty. Any save out there?

Yes... It's been disconnected for about 5 months from the power. I needed to buy a new monitor for it. I have an iMac as well, that's why I had no rush to buy the monitor.
I hear three startup chimes right away when turning it on... I try to hold the power bottom on the back as I turn the mini on and I hear the same three chimes... followed by that white light in the front blinking a couple times and then it stands solid white... I can hear the hard drive spinning on but I can't insert a cd / dvd... it won't take it as if the computer were off.
I haven't tried to open it up and check if any piece is loose. I've read in previous posts that it may help.
What's weird for me is the fact it seems the mini is on but it won't boot!
Should I buy a FireWire cable and try to boot it from the iMac?
Thanks for any response!!!!!

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