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Thanks for all the advice. In the end I bought a scrap 6430 with a screen and motherboard I could see working. I put this screen on the faulty laptop and it worked fine! So I contacted original screen seller and he said it was tested, and to take the screen apart (pull off screen surround...

Thank you for the quick reply. I guess you are right, it is so strange that it works ok on external monitor, and new(er) screen came with it's own cables so it can't be that. must be some issue with path to turning on screen backlight. As a last ditch attempt I thought I'd try testing screens...

It sounds like you may have an issue with the screen. Shine a torch on it and see if you can see anything displayed - if so, it could be your screen dimming settings, screen backlight, inverter (both are in screen panel) or at worst motherboard. You should also hook it up to an external screen...

Hi there My Dell laptop suddenly had an issue with a black screen from start up. With a torch I can see it is booting up as usual and displaying things, just no backlight. It also works fine via HDMI/another monitor. I have tried moving ram around, pressing power button to remove static etc. I...