My old macbook won't power up - help please!

I have an ancient macbook, from around 2006, and it's been chugging along just fine.  Suddenly, it just won't power up at all!  Power adaptor shows a green light at plug in, so the cord is working, but no fan sounds, no lights, nothing when I try starting.  I've tried that SMC reset, but still nothing.
Is there anything else I can try?  If not, does anyone know if a good apple repair shop should be able to recover my data?  I've been an idiot and haven't done a back up in a few years.
Thanks for any help anyone can provide!  I'm going to purchase a new macbook air, but REALLY need my data from the old one if at all possible, so hoping I can get it started and/or have a repair person salvage the data.
Hannah

http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/0/MA161/en_US/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY .pdf
Apple's Do It Yourself instructions.

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