Satellite A215 S7422 no longer boots up!

a215 s7422 no longer boots up. Thought it was bad HD so put in new one and loaded recovery dvd but still no boot up. Could it need a new cmos? please advise. Thanks.

Ok, I press the power button, power light goes on, DVD drive gives 2 motor tries, then nothing - screen stays black and it just sits with power light on.
For a while it would do this but if I kept trying it would eventually boot up. Not anymore.
I thought it might be HD so I popped in a new one, put the recovery disk in the DVD drive and tried.  DVD disk spins but screen stays blank and no boot up.
In both cases the HD indicator light does not light at all - no activity.

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