Macbook wont switch on?

When i try to switch on my macbook nothing happens ans when i plug in my charger it has a faint green light.
I have never had this problem before but i have tried many troubleshoots and none would work
Please help.

I'm having this exact same problem.  Tried resetting the SMC but no luck.
Little bit more background: two nights ago when I closed up my MB (early 2008, black), I heard a loud spinning sound as if there was a DVD in the drive, but there wasn't.  It woke up fine, so I put it back down and charged it.  The next night, yeterday, it seemed to be working fine, battery was at about 100%, and then all of a sudden it just shut down and now it won't boot.  I'm getting nothing... no beeps, no screen, nothing.  When it's plugged in the green light on the power adapter comes on.  When I tap the button on the battery (whether or not it's plugged in), the first LED blinks for 5 seconds, indicating that the battery is dead, but it doesn't charge when it's plugged in.
I'm sure I'm well beyond the 300 cycles, but I don't want to buy a new battery unless I'm sure that's the only issue.  What do you guys recommend?

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