My MBP's display was died .......

How should I do ? I boot my MBP . It has a normally sound but display doesn't show anything. There's no light of APPLE's Logo on the back. After boot in a few second I think it seems to be in OSX. I can increase/decrease volumn , also the backlight of keyboard but I cannot increase/decrease the light of display ... HDD is still works on ..... So I should go to Apple right? if someone knows the solution ... Please help me . I'm hurry to use it .
Thank you

Hi [Mac]gaman,
Do you have access to a flashlight? What if you take a flashlight and shine it directly at your screen. Can you make out anything? If so, we're potentially dealing with an inverter board issue (that's what controls the backlight). If there's no activity on the screen at all, it's possibly an issue with the LCD panel or the cable that communicates between the logic board and the LCD panel (LVDS cable). Do you have access to external monitor that you can hook the computer up to for testing? I'd be curious if you get a picture.
You can resetting the SMC & PRAM, see if that changes anything. Otherwise, the next step would be to arrange service on the unit. Is it still under warranty?
Reset SMC - support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
Reset PRAM - support.apple.com/kb/HT1379

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