MBP will not turn on

I came home one evening from being out and discovered that my laptop would not turn on. I would press the start button, then hold it down and I would hear the normal start up noise but as soon as I removed my finger from the button the power would just cut out. I tried keeping my finger there in hopes that if I got the start up screen it would work from there, however, after about 5-8 seconds the light from the release button would flicker out and all noise would cut. I tried leaving it for a night thinking maybe it will be better in the morning with no luck. I tried taking the battery out and putting it back in, nothing. I tried pluging it in with the adapter AND the battery to no avail, then I tried just the power adapter, still nothing.
Ever since I got my laptop it would get extremely hot, hot to the point where holding it up or touching above the keys would feel like it was burning me. I probably should have gotten that checked out when I first got it less than two years ago but i just assumed it was the usual since i had heard that laptops, in general, get very hot. Back in late March/early April my left fan began to make a lot of noise, first it was quiet and I thought it was the typical clicks and stuff that comes with time in computers but then it developed into a giant roar that sometimes would last for half hour before calming down. I went to get it checked out and was told that it was a bearing loose in the fan and that this seemed to be common for MBP. I didn't have the money at the time to replace it so I've been trying to save up to replace it because I don't have Apple Care.
About a week before my laptop decided to stop working I got this single purple pixel line through the left half of my screen. If i just shut my laptop and reopen it it would go away so I didn't think much about it.
I've been told that my problem may be the board and that it needs to be replaced. Again I don't have Apple Care. I'm a university student about to return in 3 weeks and I need my laptop for my studies. I'm very upset that this has happened and that I paid nearly $3000 for a laptop that has lasted me less than two years, especially one with Apple's reputation for great quality and long lasting products.
Message was edited by: j.ferris
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"...and that I paid nearly $3000 for a laptop that has lasted me less than two years,..."
I haven't seen that level of $$ in many years. What did you buy?
It seems you have had numerous issues. Did you take it to the genius?
To protect your investment you should have purchased AppleCare.
Take it to an Apple store or AASP and find out what's wrong and how much.
Consider it lesson learned.

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