Dell :: Inspiron 1520 Screen

can't see a thing on the screen. He left the laptop on hibernate for around 3 hours and when he came back, the screen was very dark.

He says he's restarted several times since then and the only thing which seemed to "light up" the screen was taking the power out; allowing the laptop to run on battery. However, just 5 minutes ago, even though the laptop was on battery, the screen has gone dark. He can barely make out MSN conversations by shining his lamp onto the screen but he can't see the mouse cursor.

The laptop is around 1 and a half years old.