Laptop won't boot up WITH PICTURE

Hello! I'm sorry if this has been asked before; I tried to search for words that might be related, and it returned way too many for me to read through, or to guess if they're having the same issue as I am. 
I have a A505D-S6968 Satellite laptop.  It is three years old, and I use it every day as I'm a graduate student.  For the past couple days, I go to turn the laptop on, and it won't boot up.  The power light is on, a bank of lights at the top near the base of the screen, a light near the bottom, and the charging lights on the lower right corner.  The fan is running, and the CD/DVD drive makes a sound.  However, that's where it stops.  The screen doesn't display anything and there is no glow from it at all.  The keyboard is supposed to light up, and it doesn't.  The mousepad doesn't light up or work.  So it seems like there's power being provided to it in some respects, as a few lights come on, the fan comes one, and the CD/DVD drive "checks".
Here is a picture of it misbehaving:
Any ideas as to what could be going on?  I let it sit, turned completely off, all night, because I figured I'd just deal with it later.  I had tried for an hour to get it to start and it wouldn't; it just sits like that indefinitely.  But this morning, it booted up just fine.
Now I'm afraid to ever turn it off again!
Again, I apologize if this has been asked a million times, but I can't read all of the descriptions and try to guess if what they're describing is what is going on with mine.  Any help or ideas are appreciated!
Thank you!
Grace & Peace,
Kristen

Try steps 2 and 3 of this article.
What can I do if my Windows 7 or Windows Vista laptop won't start?
If it still doesn't work, it sounds like it may be due to hardware failure that would require servicing.
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