MBP17 shut down by itself, now doesn't boot up, black screen - what now?

I was processing some photos in PS CS3 and my macbookpro 17" (2006 model - not sure exactly what version of 10.4 I have - its gotten every auto update that Apple sends me, No Leopard though) and it shut down on its own. It was plugged in at the time.
I tried to power it back on after 10 minutes and the light on the lid release would come on and then leave. So I waited more. Finally, it powered up and the light would come on, but its dim. The screen stays black. Close lid and light gets brighter. I can hear fans running and the sound of it starting up but its just a couple clicks (sounds like its coming from behind the power button).
I've tried every Apple key combo I've come across and tried resetting NVRAM and PMU. Still nothing. Battery has all 5 lights green.
I've read something about this "Safe Sleep" mode. Could that be the issue?
Otherwise, how can I get to this Single User or Verbose mode if the screen stays black? Or am I pretty screwed here?
Any help is greatly appreciated in advance! Thank you.

Unable to put a disc in. Had a friend who tried to connect by firewire with his computer and do some diagnostics, but he was unable to connect to it.
I press the power button and screen stays black. I hear fans going and the laptop gets warm like usual. Latch light turns on, but I hear no processor noise/clicking like you hear when you normally start up a Mac. It just sits there with a black screen. I'm unable to start up in single user or verbose. Again, I've tried resetting every possible thing to reset and powering up using every single keystroke I've come across. Unable to do anything but press the power button on & off.
This is not a ongoing, random issue. It just shut down on its own and now won't boot up. This is the one and only issue i've had with this laptop. Its treated me well until now.
I've got an ext enclosure ordered and on the way to check if I can at least access the HD in the meantime. Right now I'm going to let it run down on battery power to see if that will trigger something.
Has anyone seen/heard of similar situations/occurances?

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