My Macbook pro monitor died!

Hi, I have a Macbook Pro (mid 2010). Yesterday i conected it to a videobin. After that the monitor is not working anymore, when i conected to my television i can see everythin thru the tv, but it doesnt show in the monitor. Any ideas?

I read the above thread but at the bottom, it says that I would need to connect the G4 to a monitor (which I don't have), or remove the hard drive and connect it to another Mac (I didn't know that this was even possible but I know I don't have whatever it would take). Maybe I'll just remove the hard drive and dispose of it like japamac advises.
Thanks for your quick response.

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Now why didn't I think of that, brainiac?
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