Gateway laptop won't turn on - Battery or AC adapter?

I have a Gateway NV52 that I purchased at Best Buy last October. Recently I've been recieving messages that my battery needed replacing, and so I had it ordered through Best Buy/Geek squad. Today, though, the computer will not turn on, even when plugged into the AC adapter.
I'm hoping this is just a battery problem. Could it be just that the battery needs to be replaced, and that I will just have to wait for that to arive? Or might it be a problem with the AC adapter or some other issue? It has not suffered any damage or been dropped or roughly handled at all so it shouldn't be anything physical(a while ago I noticed the hinge was a little loose, but I do not recall anything happening to the comptuer that would have caused it. I'm hoping that the loose hinge isn't causing it not to start).
Any input is greatly appreciated!

October.. you're under 1 year. Ergo, stop trying to fix it yourself, bring it into Geeksquad.. before you mess up, go past warrenty or end up voiding the warrenty by trying to fix something yourself.
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