MBP SantaRosa 2.6GHz disk spinning no screen no boot

When switching my MBP on,sleeplight goes on,disk spins,but get no screen at all(stays black) no chimes and that is all. HELP???

Thank you all for the interest in my rather Dark experience. I bought my SantaRosa 17" MBP in August 2007 and one day before my guarantee expired in 2008,my screen went rather streaky and died on me.It was the very famous Nvidia GT 8600M's end. I was told by Apple's authorized here in Brasil,that my guarantee LUCK was awesome and had the motherboard exchanged. I knew already then about the Nvidia case,but kept to myself. The Operation Nvidia cost me one month without my MBP and as a photographer and cameraman,I obviously did not look very well at all in front of my Clients. In 2009 my removable battery bloated itself to some very inspiring proportions and when on an even surface,my MBP rocked somewhat like a Columbus Egg. Apple did exchange my battery eventually and things went well from there on. Till yesterday. I have another MBP 17" mid 2010 2.66GHz and everything is fine except for the optical drive which seems to have a pin stuck in on the upper side,which makes it impossible to insert a DVD into the drive, so I cannot run even a Hardware test,should I be willing to do so. I am a proud owner of an AppleCare guarantee for this one though,so I presume that I am covered.I do like working with the MBP's, but things could definitely be a little less Complicated. Apple is a great company and I do care for computers that LAST !!!

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