MACBOOK PRO WON'T BOOT/START UP!!! help please!

I have never had any problems with my macbook pro until last night. I opened my mac and it didn't start up or come out of sleep mode like it normally does, I clicked the button and allowed it to restart but nothing happened. It made the usual booting up noises and the fan started but my mac never turned on. I let the battery drain and this morning tried again, it started up like normal until one of my cats bumped the power cord, the whole thing shut off and hasn't started since, I have tried rebooting it, letting what was left of the battery drain,and also letting the battery fully charge. Nothing seems to be working and I am completely frustrated because all of my school files are located on my mac. If anyone knowshow to troubleshoot or fix this issue, or has had this issue before and can tell me either how to fix it, or if I need to take it to a specialist please help.It's a macbook pro, I don't have the new snow yet, (I'm a bit of a broke college student) and it is an original from 2008. Please if anyone can help it is greatly appreciated.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Does your 2008 MBP have the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video chip? If so, you could possibly have this problem:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377
If you have access to an Apple Store, they can do a specific test for this problem, and if you have it, you will get you Mac repaired for free.
Also, here's an article that might help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573?viewlocale=en_US
If you hear the drive, it's possible that you could access your files from another Mac using FireWire Target Disk Mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
If you have to send your Mac off for repair, it would be a good idea to clone the contents of your hard drive onto an external drive. Sometimes they erase and reinstall the OS in the process of troubleshooting and if they were to do this, you would lose all your data. If you have sensitive information on your drive, you might want to erase it before sending in your Mac.
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