MacBook Pro wont start, and is to hot

My Macbook Pro won't start and the bottom of it pretty hot. The light comes on like its in sleep mode, but wont power up.

nosaj49854 wrote:
Thank you very much, it just started back up, i thought thats what the problem might of been.
You're welcome. Glad it's working for you again.

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Keep it plugged in for a while, it may start charging.
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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If this does not help, contact Apple.
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Macbook pro wont start, click when charging thats it

Hello,
I have a Apple Macbook Pro 15" model number: A1286 purchased in january 2011.
It wont start and has a very faint clicking noise when it is trying to charge. When the charger is on it the light is bright green but the charge button to show you the life left in the battery will not work as wont the screen or anything else.
Could someone asist me and let me know whats wrong with it please.
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One beep indicates no RAM installed. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547.
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I tried to boot up in safe mode and again I get the tone the logo then the bar to show the safe mode then the spinning thing then nothing. I did boot it up via firewire target mode and was able to see the hard drive and all my files on my imac so the hard drive works (I think).
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hi
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The buyer is freaking out saying its trashed and wont boot just has a flashing question mark, why would this be happening???
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