No startup and no display

hello there i have an i mac with sudden no startup and no display? I tried to fix that problem such as holding (command,option,P, & R) together while restarting. My device still under warranty so please i need to know how can i fix that problem.

Actually I have done smc resets and 10-15 seconds has always worked fine for me. Look it's not like you have some giant capacitor building up a large charge and taking minutes to hours to discharge in these machines. If you know anything about computers or electronics you would understand that it doesn't take long for todays memory cells to bleed off their state when not powered. But you continue with your method and I'll continue (successfully) with mine.
And this is completely off topic from the OP's problem and I am not interested wasting my time debating it with you any further. So this is the last I'll post on smc resets with you. Any followup on this topic will just be ignored by me.
As I said before let's just agree to disagree.

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