Is there life after death? It won't boot!

Hi guys and gals, A tech said my lap-top is dead. But could it be resuscitated?
It is an M65 S9092 four years old and looking new. It worked fine one night but would not start the next day. Pressing the power button has it try to start-up for only about six seconds.
Things that have been tried include sequentially removing the memory cards, battery, and hard drive. What else could be checked? When should the non-resuscitate order be applied?
Thanks for reading this.
Trev

Have you tried to boot holding the 0 (zero) key down ? This should get you to Recovery.
Have you tried Safe mode ?
Have you tried BIOS entry ?
Have you tried booting from a Recovery CD or DVD ?
If all these fail, RIP ! Unless you have a suitable screwdriver !

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