Portege R100: Power won't up.

My Portege R100 won't power on when I press the power button. The power LED lights up, but that all!! I don't hear any beeps, disk spinning or nothing! Any help would be appreciated.
thanks

Hi
Did you try to make a BIOS upgrade?
As far as I know wrong BIOS upgrade procedure can damages the ROM module.
On the other hand the hardware malfunction can be a problem.
In this case only the service partner can solve this fault.
I propose to contact the Service partner.
Bye

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