Keyboard stopped working, now laptop doesn't turn on at all

Hi All,  I've got a HP Pavillion something, I think it's a G6 although that might just ring a bell because of the song....
Anyway, this morning I was on my laptop, I did a facebook post with no issues, then tried to create a new folder in "my music" and noted that some of the keys on my keyboard were having no effect.  Thinking my laptop may have felt overworked I just did a restart.... but when trying to enter my password I had no luck, the keyboard barely worked.  I tried another restart, again no luck, and then one of those hard restarts, where you remove the battery and AC adapter etc.
Now my laptop doesn't switch on at all.... I've swapped the battery with my parent's laptop (we have the same one) and tried their AC adapter, but to no avail.  My laptop is completely 100% dead.
I've had it since March last year, so I'm only just out of warranty (typical)  but if this has happened already it's really not fit for purpose.  Previous laptops from Dell and Samsung have given me a good 4 years of use before I've got to a point where they're no longer up to the job, but both I could still switch on and use for a good lenght of time after they were replaced.
I don't have any money to get it fixed, I am going back to University in a months time and deffo wont' have any money to get it fixed.  I need a laptop for my coursework, and for my job which relies solely on the use of my laptop. 
Does anyone have any ideas what I could try to see if it'll work again....short of bashing it up with a hammer (and then of course it'll never work again) I have no idea what to do. 
Anyone know how much it is to get a laptop fixed if that's my only option?  How much do people who can fix these things charge?

Also I have tried following the advice here http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01443371&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_us...
but to no avail

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