Macbook Screen black

Hello all,
I was loading something up on photoshop cs6 when my laptop froze then the screen went black. I turned it off and left it for half an hour charging.
When I tried to turn it back on, I heard the disk drive and all the usual noises but there's nothing on the screen.
It is still functioning because the keyboard is lit up and i've emailed myself to hear the chime, it still sounds when I press the volume keys but still the screen isn't giving me anything.
Any ideas what I can do?

Not sure if this will fix your problem, but I don't see how it can hurt. Reset the PRAM and SMC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

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