MacBook Pro Display

Went to turn on the macbook pro this morning to find out that the display doesn't work, everything else seems to start up all right
tried recharging it to full capacity, and even waiting from 1-10 hours with several attempts with nothing working
thought it was a problem with my battery but in order to find that out I would need the display to work for a few minutes
does anyone have any ideas on what is going on?

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Here is an article you can look at and see if any of the steps in it can get your Mac working again:
Troubleshooting: My computer displays no video
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573?viewlocale=en_US
It may be that one of the resets described in the article will get things working again. If no luck, or further questions, please post back.
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*The following User Contributed Tips are located in the MacBook Pro (Late 2008) > The MacBook Pro Display (Late 2008) forum:*
None at this time.
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a brody - Using a second Mac as a display for a first
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Publish date: July 7, 2008
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for some reason AHT wasn't installed
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Step 1
Reset the System Management Controller,
Step 2
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party software that loads automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
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