Inspiron 700m Screen Problem

The screen of my Inspiron 700m was flickering a couple hours ago. I dismissed it, because the flickering stopped whenever I rebooted my computer. However, my screen just recently turned blank. I tried restarting it, but that didn't work. It's blank when I first turn it on, so there's no way for me to check anything on it (I'm writing this from my father's computer). Is there any way I can fix this without going to Dell for help? Because - no offense - they don't seem too helpful.

Note: My apologies if I posted this in the wrong section.