Turn on MacBook Pro but screen still black

So, I tried to turn on my Mac. And when I hit power button, it starts and suddenly the white screen goes off. And I'm no longer available to see my screen.
I restart my Mac with the power button and nothing yet, screen still black. Even try safe mode but didn't work.
Don't know if it's hardware or software issue. Help please.

If a SMC reset does not help, make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar for a free evaluation.  I suspect that there are hardware problems with your MBP.  Probably the display or the GPU.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Ciao.

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