Macbook with broken screen, won't show on external.

Hi, I have a macbook with a broken LCD screen, (sadly have no idea how it happened... was asleep, woke up, turned it on, screen was shattered) so I can't access settings or anything. I have everything hooked up, being a keyboard, mouse, external display... I try booting it right away and closing the lid, nothing happens. I had the hard drive replaced a month before this happened, so I highly doubt its that.. Any advice would help. I cant afford a new screen, and working on my ipad like I currently am isnt very easy.. I was running OS X Lion at the time of break.. help?

Sounds almost exactly what happened to mine.  I was recording video Saturday night when the phone froze.  I pulled the battery, tired to reboot but have a dark screen.  If I hold it under direct sunlight I can see the display faintly and the phone operates fine.
I took it in to Verizon today and they told me it was a hardware issue and tried to get me to upgrade.  After reading this, it sounds suspicious that it happened the same day and same symptoms. 

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