Hooked it up to your monitor, and then what? Is it working that way? Does a USB keyboard work?
Yes it works while hooked to my desk top.
So screen or connection to screen is bad, re-seat the connections to the motherboard from the LCD screen, if that does not help you can try replacing the screen. Since the laptop is working with an external monitor the video card and system itself looks to be OK.
Hooked it up to your monitor, and then what? Is it working that way? Does a USB keyboard work?
Yes it works while hooked to my desk top.
So screen or connection to screen is bad, re-seat the connections to the motherboard from the LCD screen, if that does not help you can try replacing the screen. Since the laptop is working with an external monitor the video card and system itself looks to be OK.