W520 won't boot. Can't even get to the BIOS .... help!

I have a 2 months old W520 factory settings. It has been acting up lately when powering up but after holding down the power button for 10 sec or so it would always start. However, that is not even working today.
I took out the battery and plugged it in AC and tried to no avail. I also tried powering it up with battery alone and neither seems to work. So I can't turn on the **bleep** machine now to even see what version the bios is or anything for that matter. Please help .... thanks!
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Hi, J,
    I feel your pain.
     It may be your system board is blooey, but we can try a few things before going to your local authorized Lenovo service center - or you may want to head over there right now:
Lenovo Warranty Service Locally
    I had a minor warranty issue recently and a local provider turned my machine around in two hours (after the parts came in).
If you want to mess around:
    Are you sure your power supply is ok? Is your battery charged?
    Have you tried unplugging everything from your machine (except for the AC adapter), including removing the disk drive, any usb devices etc.?
    Is your laptop screen completely dead? If so, you might try plugging in an external monitor, just to check.
    After that, you may also want to remove the keyboard, take out the backup battery, main battery etc and disconnect the AC overnight.
    Let me know how you fare.
                                                                           ZZ

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