My aged MacBook pro won't light up. Now what?

As stated: it's a MacBook Pro of roughly 2008 vintage. I've left it unused for a couple years, due mostly to my iPad acquisition. It was running OK when I last used it. Now, though I've recharged it and doned a Opt-Cmd-P-R reset, I get no screen lighting up. (I do hear the drive chunking quietly, I do get the keyboard lights and the power cord did turn from orange to green.) No access to the screen, so I'm feeling stuck about what to do next.
Any help much appreciated!
Thanks;
Ray

is the display turned way down or something? On my new computer, I can turn my brightness all the way down untill the backlit turns off.
I am just throwing ideas out there, so I am not all postive about this post.

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