Unresponsive MacBook Air with fan running and keyboard lights.

This is a weird one: I opened my MBA today to find it dead, ie no lights or sounds.  I initially thought the battery was empty so I hooked it up to the power adapter.  No light on the plug.  After realising that the power adapter was ok I did an SMC reset, which started the fan and the keyboard lights.  Other than this there is no sign of life.  I am unable to start or stop the machine and there is no effect when using the power button (Ctr-Cmnd-Pwr).
Any bright ideas out there?
Many thanks in advance...

You should also ask this in the MacBook Air forum. This is the forum for the white and black plastic MacBooks that were discontinued in 2010. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_air

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