Macbook Pro not turning on after chime

Hey all, my 2010 Macbook Pro running on OS X 10.9.3 is having issues turning on. When I boot it up it makes the chime like normal and the grey screen appears with the apple logo. A couple of seconds later the screen just goes black and it shuts down. Any ideas on how to fix this? I really don't want to make the journey to my closest apple store just to find out it was really simple to fix.

Hello there, IJKProductions.
The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great, practical and in-depth steps for troubleshooting the issue you're describing with your MacBook Pro during startup:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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