Sometimes the screen is blank!

I'm trying to repair a Satellite l305d-s59222. The hard drive partition somehow no longer has the partiton on it to factory reset, but I have ordered the Recovery CDs from Toshiba. Last night, I finally got the screen to turn back on (ie. it is no longer black on startup) and was able to do a factory restore. This morning, I turn the laptop on, and while resuming windows, it gets stuck on a black screen with a flashing white curser. I turn the laptop off, and now it won't boot again. The screen stays blank...no Toshiba screen or anything. I've checked all the cables and they seem to be working fine. Like I said, sometimes it comes on. Other times, it will remain blank. Any clue what is going on/ what to try next?

It's hard to know for sure. Have you tried using it with an external monitor?
- Peter

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