HELP Macbook display just stopped!!

Dear All,
Last night while I was working on Macbook (black one), the screen just suddenly went black. I was listening to music at the time and the speakers went off just a split second before that.
The power was still on, and battery fully charged, sleep light was still working but Mac display and the apple on the back were black/off.
I tried to restart, holding power key 3 seconds, and it turned off with a soft click, but when I turned it back on again, I do hear the sound of the dvd rom turning on, but after that nothing. Screen still black, sleep light still on.
Who can help my Mac to recover? I've had it since June. Problem is that I live in Rwanda and can't just pop out to a macstore on the corner.
Thanks for any help and suggestions

Hi rwandamac,
welcome to macbook forum.
try to reset PRAM:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
And play with F1 (reduce brightness) and F2 (increase brightness).
If the screen still pitch black, I'm afraid your lcd or inverter failed, and it required apple authorized technician to fix that (doesn't have to be apple store guy).
And if that wasn't user abused damage, it will covered by apple.
Good Luck.
ps: do check your local rwanda apple distributor policy.

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