Dell Inspiron 1000 Won't Turn On???

Hello,

  I am new to this forum, but  I am having problems with my sons Dell Inspiron 1000. He had it turned on at the time, and he bumped it into the corner of our end table, and it shut off, and now it will not come back on. I am not sure what to try. I am more familiar with desktops, not laptops, so I'm at a loss here. I did leave it sit for about 20 mins. without it being plugged into the wall outlet, and then opened it up and hit the power button, and the lights flicked on and off twice, just like the light do on a keyboard for a desktop computer, but then they went out and didn't come back on. right now I have it sitting plugged into the outlet to see if it will attempt to come on again. Please, any suggestions here will be appreciated!!!!!

Thank you!

Notsonu

 

ps. I read thru a bunch of posts from people having a the same sort of problem, but all the ones I read didnt' really get resolved??? am I missing something here? right now  I tried it again while plugged into the outlet after letting it sit for about 45 mins, and tried to power it on and still nothing, so now I have it sitting with it unplugged from the wall outlet and took out the battery to see if it resets itself, like I also read on one of the other posts????? keeping my fingers crossed!!!