I have a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7472. It was working perfectly but then my brother put one of those magnets that come in pairs and make the noises when you put them together on the back of the screen, i think he was rubbing them on it. Suddenly the screen went blank, even though the power remained on. I tried turning it off and turning it back on, even removing the battery to reboot it, but nothing worked and the screen is still blank. I'm pretty sure the magnet caused the problem, but is there anything I can do to fix it?

ok update on this the screen is still dark but if you hold a light up to it you can see a system repair window running

i also tried hooking the laptop up to my desktop monitor, but it didn't do anything. the screen is still dark but i can see the welcome screen if i hold a light up to it

... try hooking up the monitor again and try to enter your bios ... tap either "F1" key OR/ (1) Turn on computer by Holding down power button while pressing the ESC key. The machine will beep, then display: Check System, then press [F1] key. (2) Release ESC key (3) Press F1 key ... does the monitor come "on" @ all? ... if so you may have to still enable a setting in the bios ... my experience with Toshiba bios's is there ai'nt enough settings ... ... perhaps try tapping "F8" key @ boot-up selecting "safe mode" (with vga(?) ...or enable low resolution video ... try NOT to cuff your brother too hard! . . ... Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/... Grrrr... ....more

actually i found out that my backlight had gone out! the magnets probably had nothing to do with it afterall...thanks anyway!

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