Toshiba equium a100-147- light turns on but nothing happens - HELP

My mum has a toshiba equium a100-147, and it doesn't appear to want to turn on. 
The power light sometimes only comes on very dim when you pess the power button, other times it comes on bright. 
I've tried unplugging the HDD and putting it back in, tried it with just one of the each sticks of ram in, checked that it's just a screen issue by plugging it into an external HDD, all with no luck. I did even unplug and plug the screen into the laptop itself just incase the cable came a bit loose. 
Basically though, it does turn on, like the fans and the light comes on, but absolutely nothing else happens. The screen doesn't turn on at all.
Anything I can do?

That doesn't appear to be a US model, and this is the forums for Toshiba USA. You may want to contact Toshiba in your region. If it's a European model, you could check the Toshiba Europe forums.
- Peter

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