Black Screen = Inverter problems and more

I have a 17" MBP and recently had my display go totally black on me on a plane (which i see has happened to a bunch of other people here)
Took it in and the repair guy won't send it to apple on my warranty because of an unrelated dent in the corner of the computer, which he says apple will claim accidental damage on.
The dent occurred 8 months ago, and my display broke down 2 days ago. All apple could offer me was to get a second opinion, and if the dent is far enough away from the inverter, MAYBE they'll repair it.
Any thoughts on how to proceed here? I'm getting pretty frustrated.
Thanks.

Oh, sorry, didn't get that. That monitor was actually called the 22" Cinema, not 21". Apple had a 21" CRT but I think that was called a Studio Display, so I got confused.
So sometimes it works correctly at 1600 x 1024 under Windows (Bootcamp) and sometimes it doesn't? Is that correct? Those times when it is giving a black screen, have you considered trying to establish a VNC connection to the mini from another computer on the network? You might find that the wrong resolution is being sent to the ACD those times when you get a black screen. Though that doesn't really tell you why it's happening, it's a starting point.

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