Yoga 11s won't power on - clicking sound not from hard drive

Looks like I'm two months past warranty, and my yoga 11s is not powering on.  Symptoms are as follows, would really appreciate someone's help!
When pressing the power button, the light comes on
A light clicking sound starts
The fan does start spinning
That's it... screen does not come on
When you unplug the charger, a loud single beep results
I took apart the laptop to try to pinpoint the sound, and I believe it's coming from somewhere around the processor.  Could it be the heat sink?  It's a solid state drive and I don't think the clicking is coming from there...
Any one else have this problem?  Any suggestions?!

I had a similar problem and the screen was blank. Not sure if this will help. I searched for a day for solutions but in the end it was the screen that was turned off. I simply pressed the brightness button and one of the other screen buttons on the keyboard and it was alive.

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