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I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop, running Windows XP SP2, with 2 GB Ram, and a 15.4" LCD display.
The problem I have is that when I start up my laptop, at the boot up screen the LCD suddenly turns off. I see the boot screen for about 1-2 sec and then it goes blank. The computer continues to run and windows starts up normally because I hear the start up music just fine.
I tired using an external monitor to see if the problem was my video card. There were no problems present in the external monitor and the computer ran normally. Everything was displayed and ran as it should.
I then thought it was a loose connection and opened up my laptop to check the connections. After checking all the various connections I again tried my laptop LCD screen and it still would not work.
I tired changing the display between my external monitor and my LCD screen using the ******* + display key, and it would work on my external but not my LCD screen.
So I have come to the conclusion that there must be a problem with either the LCD screen itself, the LCD connector cable, or the power inverter.
Is there anybody out there with any suggestion or solutions?
Thanks for reading this and I hope that someone can help me out.

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