HP Pavilion dv6000 turns off within 1 second of powering on

Porygon

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Every time I press the power button, the whole laptop lights up (like it normally should) but shuts down just 1-2 seconds later. Not even long enough to hear the fan start up.

I tried performing a hard reset, but even this failed MULTIPLE times.

I'm beginning to have a sinking feeling that there's a problem with either the RAM or the motherboard, but I'd like to hear from any willing tech supporters here before drawing conclusions.

Thanks!