My iPad screen won't work

I have an iPad 2 and recently it has stopped working all of a sudden. When i press the power button on my iPad, it turns on but it is just a blank screen and when i turn it off it flashes white. Sometimes when i turn it on my wallpaper flashes on the screen for a split second but goes right back to the blank screen so i know that the screen isn't broken. I have tried charging it, holding down the power button to shut it down completely and I've tried holding down both the power button and the home button, nothing works. When i try to sync it to iTunes it asks me to type my passcode in on the iPad but i can't because it won't work.
Any ideas?

Hello Nathan_J_M,
Thank you for choosing Apple Support Communities. i am very pleased to help you.
Reset to factory settings via recovery mode
So, what you'll have to do is enter recovery mode and fully reset your iPad. Yes, you will lose all your data, but it's better than buying an iPad and wasting a hog lots of money pit. If you have a backup, it will be great.
Entering recovery mode:
Force your iPad to shut down. Press and hold on both power button and home button at the same time until your iPad turns off. Now, follow my steps:
•1: Get your PC/Mac ready
•2: On that PC/Mac, make sure you have the latest version of iTunes
•3: Connect the large end of the charger in the computer, but not the small end. (Connect this end to the computer:)
•4: Open iTunes on your PC/Mac
•5: Now that you're on iTunes, get the small side of the cable (the one to connect to the iPad with) and get ready
•6: Press the home button on your iPad, while your pressing the home button, plug in the other small part of the iPad quickly to your iPad. Keep pressing the home button to your iPad until you see this:
You are now in recovery mode. Restore your iDevice to factory settings. If you have a backup, restore your iPad from that backup or you'll lose everything on that device. Sadly, if you don't have a backup, everything will be gone, that includes photos, apps, contacts, etc.
for more information on how to enter recovery mode on your iPad, go here: If you can't update or restore your iOS device
Regards,
Ab

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