Wife's MBP turned into a brick last night

[jardster]

My wife's MBP last night was running low on battery (she got the popup telling her it would shut down in a few mins), so she finished her email, closed the lid, and plugged it in. We came back and hour or 2 later and the thing is a brick. Won't do anything. Not a chime, not a fan, not a peep. It was on a bed, so no water damage. I took the bottom off and looked inside and nothing looks amiss. Reset the SMC. no love.

This am after being plugged in all night, when I press the power button I can hear some very faint click once, but then nothing. Sadly, it is not under applecare. And of course I am going out of town this weekend so can't start pulling RAM and the SSD to see if that helps.

Any thoughts other than genius bar appt?

[space-time]

reset PRAM, at this point it cannot hurt

[Forrest]

Could be a bad power adapter. Bring it along with the computer to the Apple Store so they can check it out.

[WHiiP]

How old is it? Does it have a PRAM Battery?

[Lux Interior]

"Look Smithers. This bird has become petrified and lost it's way!"

"It's a brick, sir."

[IronMac]

If this is a 2008 MBP then it might be a shot logic board. Time for Genius Bar.

[rich in distress]

If the power adapter is of the magnetic kind, clean it with a tooth brush a couple of times... you know, where it matters.

[jardster]

We tried a number of power adapters so that's not it. Don't know how to zap the PRAM if the thing won't even fire up. she as a genius bar appt this am.

[Acer]

FWIW, I've had a couple nail-biting low-power revival sessions with my MBP 2007. I tried all possible combinations of resets, battery in/out, adapter in/out, and patience, and it would eventually come back. Can't say exactly what worked because I tried many things. I have not had this behavior since getting a new battery.

[NewtonMP2100]

so you could say.....she's a BRICK.....house.....???