Lights light up but screen stays off. Toshiba Satellite A505

Hi
So i searched online and others with this model seem to have the same problem and I'm wondering if anyone has found a solution. So pretty much after putting my computer to sleep or shutting it down, when I press the power button or hit a key to turn it back on the lights light up. By that I mean the lights on the keyboard and I can hear the laptop fan turn on also. But the screen stays off and the lights just stay on. If I hit the power button again, the lights turn off immediately and if i hit it again they turn back on. At first it was only once in a while but now I can't get it to boot up for hours and almost a full day. It's not the screen because if it was it wouldn't stay on once it was on but it does. My laptop is less than a year old Please I don't want to have to buy a whole new one when I bought this one with my own cash for college. Any help would be great. I've tried battery drain and nothing. Tried taking out the battery and using just the power cord. Same. It boots up normally whenever it wants

If the computer is less than a year old, it should still be under warranty. I would call the Call Center at 800-457-7777 and let them know how this computer has become intermittent and not bringing up the video. This sounds like a hardware problem and the computer needs to be serviced.

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