U410 fails to boot 9 times out of 10, does not reach BIOS or POST

I have a U410 that is only two months outside of its warranty and now it fails to boot, it powers on, but nothing comes up on the screen. The fan does start. Occasionally if I keep trying it will work and boot, but over the past two days this seems to have gone from bad to worse and now doesn't boot at all.
I opened it up and checked all connections were properly seated. I tried disconnecting the HDD/SSD/battery to see if it would at least get to the BIOS if I did that, but still same symptom: powers on, fan starts, but nothing bot a blank screen.
Has anyone else seen this? Any thoughts? I'm dissapointed as it doesn't seem to have occured for any reason (no drops, wasn't moved in months, etc) and this tarnishes my impressions of Lenovo.

Hello,
Have you contacted Lenovo support directly to troubleshoot this further? It might be worth calling them to see what additional suggestions they might have for investigating the issue.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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