Updated MacBook Pro and system won't turn on

Tonight I applied an update to my wife's MacBook Pro and it applied 4 updates to the system, no different than usual.  It was plugged in and once applied it restarted then went to sleep.  I tried to wake the system and it didn't do anything.  I have checked the power supply on my MacBook and it works fine and vice versa with no green or amber light.  I press the battery indicator light and it blinks like the battery is dead.  I would think that perhaps the power connection or battery is toast except that it was working right before this with no issues whatsoever.  I am hoping someone might be able to give another suggestion before I have to drive 2 hours to the closest Apple Store.  Oh and I can't remove the battery because it has special screws so no resetting the SMC or whatever it is called.  The system is only about a year old.

Hi rennekamp3,
If your machine currentlty won't boot past a grey Apple screen, you may find the following article helpful:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570
Note: If you get to the portion on starting from the Install Disks or performing an Archive/Erase & Install, you'll notice this article has not yet been updated for the more recent operating systems. In that case, you may want to refer to the following article:
OS X: About OS X Recovery
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718
Regards,
- Brenden

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