Satellite L355D won't boot

I recently bought a refurbished Satellite L355D-S7825. It arrived about five days ago, and until today there have been no problems with it.
This morning, it worked. I put it in sleep mode when I left the computer, and when I came back it would not resume Windows. I pressed and held the power button to turn it off, and then attempted to start the computer again. No response.
When I press the power button, it sounds like the computer is switching on, the lights come on, and the fan starts running. Then it stops doing anything. The screen never displays anything, not even the Toshiba logo. I have since tried turning it on with and without the battery (which is fully charged) and with and without the power cable. It does not appear to be a power issue.
I do not have a CD to boot from, however my tech-savvy father tried his and the computer did not seem to be able to find the disk in order to start up.
The computer is new, so I have installed some software on it recently, but I have done nothing with the system itself or the hardware.
I'm leaving to go overseas in about 10 days and need to take the computer with me - and between now and then it's holidays, which is going to make it difficult to get the computer fixed if I have to go through a repair center. So any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

When you turn the laptop does the display flash once? If you look closely can you see a very faint picture in the background. If you can then your backlight is out and you will need to send it in for repair. You can also plug in your desktop monitor and then turn your laptop on to see if it is a backlight/display problem.

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I assume youve got an white, blinking cursor in the left upper corner.
Is this correct?
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