I think the loud bang should be a good enough reason to suspect that this is a serious problem that cant be resolved without professional help.
If it only happened once it was probably a capacitor blowing and shorting out causing the hard fault.
As you sill have any lights you might still have a good chance of a cheap repair. If you are game you cloud remove the covers and look for the blown cap (if that is the problem) and remove it, then replace it, but I suggest you take it to a repair shop before doing more damage.
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