Old macbookpro won't turn on help!?!

ok basically my mac wont turn on the screen is dead but there is this little light on the push button where you open the screen
but that is the only light i see
when i turn on i can here the start up sound but thats it???
could it be because graphics card problem or my hard drive was too full?? had only 5gb left on it
thanks

Perform a SMC Reset
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