Macbook won't even power on

Hello All,
I am pretty sure I know the tragic answer but I wanted to see what you thought.
I left my macbook on last night to do a time capsule update and when I woke up it was the macbook was off. I attempted to turn it on, but the only thing that happened was a very very soft clicking noise. No power on or gray screen or apple, just the clicking noise. Battery is full and AC adapter is connected. This means a dead hard drive yes?
I tired resetting the PMU and everything else Mac suggests. I am out of warranty so I thought I would see what you had to say. Thanks.

This means a dead hard drive yes?
No. You could simply have a bad battery. How old is the unit? If it has a lot of load cycles on the battery, it may have just went bad. I would try a new battery.
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