MSI GX710 display too dark - defective cable?

Hi there.
Since nearly 2 and a half year I have been the owner of a MSI GX710 notebook. Until yesterday I was quite satisfied with it. However now I can't see anything on my display. If I look very closely I can see (or better guess) silhouettes of windows and contrasts like black and white, but apart from that the display is way too dark.
I've already tried to press the buttons for adjusting brightness without any success. Same with OS-adjustments.
I'm running a dualboot Fedora 11 (32-bit) and Win 7 (64-bit), but the OS doesn't matter, because in any of them the display is dark.
At the moment I'm running it with an external monitor, which works fine but isn't a possibility for longer.
On the external monitor I see everything and can work without any problems, so I guess it's not the graphicscard. Maybe the monitor-cable has some sort of defective contact? Since the guarantee  has been over  I've already tried to open the case, but got stuck, because of some screws I can't find. Does anyone has successfully opened the notebook?
Has anyone ever encountered such a problem (or even solved)?
Facts:
MSI Gx710 (MS 171-A)
AMD Turion X2 TL-64
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 (512mb)
BIOS Version      A171AAMS V1.0G

Contact MSI, it's not normal for that to happen after two and a half years.
You never know, they might take it for repairs or even for a small fee.

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