Satellite A200-1ZF wont start - flashing power led

Hi,
today my Satellite A200-1ZF laptop wouldn't start, instead my power led blinks orange-orange-blue-orange-orange -blue and so on and so on.
The HDD led turns blues when I turn the computer on and seems to work fine (I can hear the normal running sound from the HDD).
I tried removing the RAM module to see if there's a fault in one of the modules, no help. I tried removing the battery and running it only on ac power, also no help.
Anyone got any idea?

Hi
Im a little bit confused.
If I understand you right your notebook starts but display is black or how to understand you?

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