Diagnosing a dead MacBook Pro

Solution 1:

I had the same issue when upgrading my RAM.
It turned out that the SO-DIMMs were not properly inserted.

Try the following:

  1. take out both SO-DIMMs
  2. re-insert the first one and make sure it goes fully into the lower socket
  3. try rebooting
    • if it works, shut down again and insert the second SO-DIMM (again taking care to fully insert it into the upper socket.)

Good luck.