Ideacentre A310 Screen is Blank

I have an A310 Ideacentre. Two nights ago it was  working perfectly, then yesterday morning the screen is blank.
On the left the bluetooth, wifi and disk icons come on and off, plus I can access shared media on the PC from other devices on my network, so it obviously is working. On the right bottom of the screen however the lights that are usually there are absent. I regularly use an HDMI connection from my work supplied laptop to use the Ideacentre screen and I use the screen when using my PC for personal use obviously. 6 months ago I had to get a replacement screen fited.

You might try the IdeaCentre sub-forum, this forum is for ThinkCentres.
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaCentre-Desktops-Ho​me-Servers/bd-p/ideaCentre

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