Curve 8900 went white screen suddenly

My Curve 8900 went white screen suddenly. Phone still works, but nothing visible on screen. I did a wipe and reload of application software to the latest version using Desktop Mgr to no avail. Any suggestions to resolve? Thanks
Here is more infomation on my situation:
- I did a battery pull, did not resolve
- then conneted the device to my PC using Desktop Mgr and did a backup
- then did a wipe and reload to latest version 5.x
- more info:
- carrier is T-Mobile
- symptom is white screen, nothing is visible on the screen, periodically the red led light blinks

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