Mac air screen flickers and shuts down after startup

I recently loaded Lion on my 2011 mac air. After a week the computer started to have slow startup's, now when i turn on the computer the screen flickers and immediatly shuts down. How can i fix this problem.

correction the Mac Air is a 2010

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