[access-uk] dead laptop - your help needed

Hi,
 
Bit of a nightmare here as my Toshiba Tecra m3 laptop has decided to die on
me and I know it's a bit of a longshot but I'm wondering if anyone out there
can help?
 
It was working fine until yesterday afternoon from when it's decided to to
not power up when I switch it on.  When I press the power button I can hear
the hard drive click into place and the fan starts whirring but it doesn't
get any further than that and from what I can tell with the little vision I
have all I am getting is a black screen.  I have left it on for a while just
in case it's restoring itself but no joy.
 
My wife is away at present until Friday so I've no sighted assistance easily
to hand.  I bought the laptop 3 years ago this October from PC world but
didn't' take out the extra cover so if it needs to go somewhere to be looked
at I'm going to have to find another place to send it...
 
so there you go, all a bit of a mare...yes I've managed to profile myself on
this old desktop which the wife & kids use which thankfully still has a copy
of Jaws on it but obviously I'd much rather have my laptop back in action
ASAP.
 
Anyone got any ideas or suggestion?
 
With thanks,
 
Phil

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