Macbok pro screen goes dead during the startup process

Everything was working fine tonight until the computer went to sleep. After that I couldn't get the screen to stay on. I restart and it seems typical then the screen goes dead while the laptop continues to boot. Any ideas? The screen stays on during firewire target disk mode, ***!
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It's a warranty issue. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

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