My Powerbook wont start!

Yesterday i was writing on my powerbook. I closed my "precious 17" " in sleep and put it in my bag. Five minutes later i wanted to write some more, and then it was off. There was much charge at my battery. I also tried to start it again with power, but nothing happens. I hear a little noice in one second whwn im pulling the start button, but thats it! What to do?
My one year warranty was out 14 days ago. (Not funny at all), but in Norway we have a five year buyers warranty. So, shall Apple Store fix this or what. They said I had to pay for it... It will cost a fortune!
Help me! (im apologize for my bad english, hope you understand) Sir Henden

Torgeir,
Welcome to Discrssions!
The first thing I'd would be to run Disk Repair. Boot from your install CD. Once it's done click on the Apple and select Disk Utility. Run Disk Repair to see if it resolves the problem.
If not then reset the PRAM. Here's the instructions.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
If that doesn't do it reset the PMU. Here's some more instructions.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449#faq4
Good luck.

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