Hinge is touchy and I can barely keep my screen on...

This is frustrating -- When I open the top of my PB, the screen comes on as I open, but when I get to the spot I need to keep it at (just past 90 degrees), it goes off. I can see a hint of the outlines of things -- it's not asleep. Adjusting the screen back and forth gently would, for a while, make it work where I needed it to. But as of this weekend, I have more "black space" than space where I can get the monitor to illuminate.
Last night I had to use it at about 70 degrees open (which is REALLY hard to view on) in order to get my email. This morning, I was able to S-L-O-W-L-Y move it till I got it to work at about 95 degrees... Great for today, but now I'm afraid to close it up. :-\
Anyone know of a fix? Is it just an adjustment I can make to the hinge or something? Is there a wire that runs though it that could be pinched or similar? I wish I had reported this about 3 weeks ago when it started, but I didn't realize it would get SO bad as to make the computer nearly unusable (well, it makes it non-portable anyway) ... I also didn't realize I was almost at the end of my warranty -- this morning I found it expired 6 days ago. <sigh>
Any and all suggestions appreciated.

I talked to an Apple tech in my area who told me it was unlikely I'd be able to fix it without replacing the whole top screen area (where the hinge is connected). He was not authorized to work on laptops, so to have it done within warranty, I called Apple.
When I took my computer in, I begged them not to replace the top if possible (I had wonderful stickers decorating it and didn't want to lose them). They tried. They did not succeed. I ended up with an entire new screen/top. They said that was the only way.
Your mileage may vary, but that's what happened for me. :-\

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