Satellite Pro L300 won't start

I have got a Satellite Pro L300 laptop and it will not do anything on startup (in other words on pressing the power button and not going past very first screen).
The keyboard works, but F2 ,F8 or F12 won't do anything, I can here the hard-drive powerup but its like no-one is at home. I don't know if its the motherboard or the on-board battery. The computer is about 7-8 yrs old
Can anyone help.

Yes, this it correct; the Ram modules should be checked. In my opinion you should use good, tested modules.
Some years ago my notebook did not boot up because one of the modules died.
This affected the notebook functionality and display stayed black even pressing the power button.
At the other hand you could try this simple workaround. Sometimes this helps too:
- remove battery, disconnect AC adaptor
- press and hold the power button 30 sec long
- connect both parts battery and ac adaptor and power up the unit.
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