LCD sometimes doesn't turn on

Question

I'm going to take a look through the archives, but I'll post this as well.  I have a 3 year old Inspiron 7500 and recently when I restart the laptop the LCD screen will not come on.  The video output appears to work fine if I plug into an external monitor.  It can go from being up and running fine, and then when I shut down and turn it back on or go to standby and come out of it or simply do a restart command from Windows, the LCD will sometimes not come back on.  For a few weeks, if I reset a few times it would eventually turn on the LCD.  As of yesterday, it hasn't come back on.  Any ideas?

Rollie_R · Answer

elynskey,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

Just above the keyboard, there is a small switch which is depressed when the screen is closed. Make sure that this switch is not stuck in the down position.

This could also be a problem with the backlight failing.

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