Display/screen not working

Hi, I'm having an issue with the screen on my laptop. Last night I closed the cover while the laptop was on, and opened it a few minutes later and the screen was white. I don't have the computer set to do anything upon closing it. I rebooted and a white (backlit) screen appeared,then after a minute it went black. It looked like the computer was booting up and I plugged in an eternal monitor and sure enough, it was. (I'm working from it now.) So the hard drive, etc, is fine. But the screen won't turn on.
I saw suggestions for removing the power cord and battery, holding the power switch for half a minute, then putting it back together and rebooting and this did nothing for me. I've not updated Windows (XP) for a few weeks, and I've not updated the video driver in quite a while. The video card is working fine with the external monitor.
The device manager shows 3 identical default standard monitors (I only have the laptop screen and the external, so I'm not sure what's going on there). It says all are working properly.
I'm thinking that the screen either disconnected somehow, or that the on/off switch associated with opening/closing the screen somehow screwed up, but have no idea how to check either.
I'd love to hear any suggestions.
(Oh, and this went out of warranty a long time ago.)

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TPAD-PWMA
have a look whether your laptop is eligible for the post warranty warranty, if it is then you should get it and repair this laptop under warranty.
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Jin Li
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