My computer seems to be unresponsive: black screen, wont shut down and wont start up.

I cant seem to make it shut down completly or re-start, it seems to be in sleep mode and wont wake up. When I try and re-start it makes a sound like its trying to eject a disc (there is nothing in the cd drive). Anyone have any ideas? thanks much!!

Wow, sounds like it s goner.
If your not going to get it fixed, you can remove the drive and use a IDE/SATA to USB adpater to migrate or data recovery to a new Mac.
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/

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See if a SMC reset will restore life in the MBP:
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I'm not sure but have you tried getting them to shutdown through the apple menu instead of the power button?

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You would be better off posting this in an HP forum, this forum is for Apple products.

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My screen just shut down & wont turn back on What can i do?

What happens if you try a hard reset? To do this, press and hold both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear. You may need to attempt this more than once.
Otherwise, connect it to an external power source and leave it to charge for a little while and then try a reset again if necessary.
B-rock

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Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3129

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Why you start two different threads about one and the same theme??
You should follow the first thread:
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Solved it. Thank you very much for that!

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