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Mac book will not turn on... it was working fine earlier in the d

Hi, I used my macbook this afternoon and then tried to shut it down as the battery was going flat. As I did, I noticed a few things.

-It didn't carry out the command initially
-It then said that the command times out
-After trying a third time I tought it froze...

Then it shut down.

I was recharging it and then wanted to use it it but when I turned it back on, it made all the tart up noises but only the white screen came up.

I have tried taking that battery out, unplugging the adapter and battery and pressing the on key for 5 secs like the help site said but still nothing...

I don't understand, this is the first time this has happened. I've had this laptop since jan 08

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