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Hello all, i have a problem with my laptop screen, please forgive me but this is long. I tried to turn on my laptop one day and the screen was all black. I could hear it still on and heard the fan running but i saw nothing on the screen. So i did a google search and I tried unplugging the power cord for 3 minutes with the battery out and holding the power button for a minute then plugging back in the power cord with no battery and turning it on but I still get a dim screen. So I tried this again with the battery instead but no change. So I kept slamming the laptop shut then opening it and turning it on until finally it worked and the screen was bright like always since i use the brightest settings for my laptop anyway. Then I turned it off after a hour of usage since it was working again, came back 1 hour later and tried to turn it on but I got that black screen again. So I started to slam shut my laptop 10 times turning it on after each slam to see if it worked but the screen just brightens on starting up but immediately goes black after 3 seconds, i can't even get into the safe mode with networking, bios part or anything since i can't see it. So today I was in a different room with better lighting and I could see it wasn't black but instead dimmed really low since I could see all my programs and stuff. I just can't do anything with them since its so dimmed I can barely see it.So i tried to brighten the screen and saw that it wouldn't brighten up just stayed dimmed as i stated before i use the brightest setting for my screen anyway. So now i tried to turn on my screen and it did the whole brightening for 3 seconds then black thing. So i pulled back my screen cover and started poking at the inverter ( i really just poked it a few times and wiped it off) and turned on my laptop and it started to work a little better. So i got a dust cloth and wiped off the invert-er and hit it a few times, constantly pressed the fn+f8 key which is my CRT/LCD key and it worked again. I'm currently on my laptop now typing this out. So what i wanted to know was what was wrong with my laptop because i keep reading stuff about my monitor back lighting lamp going out or the inverter going out, but i doubt it since when i start it up there is always a bright screen not any dimmed screen but it goes completely black or dimmed after 3 seconds. Has anyone else experienced this problem and do you know what is wrong with it. I've had this laptop for a full year now and never has this happened. I am currently using windows xp also i don't know when this will go out again so i'm not turning off my computer. Also i have 3 green lights at the top of my screen for caps lock, scroll lock, and something( can't remember the name) the one that name i don't know is a solid green color it's not blinking on/off, flashing, or anything i read something on google that if the lights are flashing the it's a problem