Black screen - or is it?

[eagle-eye]

Hello there, i have a VGN-A317m {XP} and all of a sudden the screen has gone black. However, for some reason i decided to shine a torch onto it, and i can see the Desktop, and everything else seems to be working. Anybody got any ideas what the problem is, is it a backlight problem? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[eagle-eye]

Quick update - it's gone again! Tried pressing Mute button and a few other things, but to no avail (i thought it sounded a bit far-fetched), anyway it's off for repair now.

[Blencogo]

I thought it was too good to be true LOL!!

However, it does sound more like a simple loose connection if the problem is intermittent.