XPS 12 (9Q33, Mid 2013) Laptop Screen Issue

The issue started occurring just few weeks before the end of warranty. My laptop stopped detecting the the internal screen in Windows. When booted to Windows with no other screen connected, the internal screen is blank. If the external screen is connected during booting, internal screen is enabled but with settings like resolution taken from the external screen causing everything to be shifted to left and the external screen is blank. In fact it seems that Windows thinks the external screen is internal as touches on internal screen are still working. BIOS, Windows recovery, Windows booting are correctly displayed on the internal screen - the problem is with Windows logon screen and further. Also when connected to the external screen, Windows doesn't show internal screen in the dropdown in the Screen Resolution menu.  When using Ubuntu, the OS correctly recognises and works with internal or both screens. I tried reinstalling vanilla windows, next used Dell Recovery to reset to the initial state and nothing helped - this is why I think this isn't Windows issue but hardware issue that affects Windows. I followed some advices from the Dell support portal and tried to install the firmware update (XK8DT) but got "AuxUpdate MFC Application has stopped working" error and couldn't proceed. Installed all drivers including the BIOS update from the Dell website - nothing helped. Run the diagnostics from F12 menu - they all passed reporting no problems. Restored BIOS defaults - no difference. Run Online Helpdesk tests, no problems detected.
The biggest problem is that I thought the problem is with Windows initially and waited to reinstall it due to being busy at work and not having time to back up all my files and was very disappointed to realise it is not a software issue 3 weeks after my warranty ended.
Here are two videos I recorded to demonstrate the problem:
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Since I haven't got any response I will recap the issue:
When I boot the laptop with external screen disconnected:
i can see the BIOS and the Windows loading screen on the internal screen (and Windows recovery etc).
when Windows is loaded i can't see the logon screen or home screen but a blank screen only.
when i connect external screen after Windows is loaded, i don't see anything on the internal and external screen.
When I boot the laptop with external screen connected:
when I boot and the lid is closed, Windows works perfectly fine on the external screen. When I open the lid, the internal screen is still blank, touch works though.
when i boot and the lid is open, Windows is displayed on the internal screen and the external screen is blank. The displayed home screen is broken on the internal screen since it uses the settings like resolution from the external screen, since the external screen's resolution is higher. 
In both boot scenarios, when the external screen is connected, the Windows screen properties dialog doesn't show the internal screen, only external.
I reinstalled windows from the recovery partition but it didn't solve the problem.
I run diagnostics from the Dell Support website it all passed.
I updated all drivers including BIOS it didn't help.
I run BIOS diagnostics, they all pass as on this video: 
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I don't know what to do, this happened when warranty was still valid, i followed different suggestions from the support page and thought it is a software issue. Didn't reinstall Windows as i had couple of projects behind the schedule and didn't have time to back everything up correctly. After i did reinstall and found that this isn't a software issue, the warranty was already expired by two weeks.

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    I was puzzled at this; it should have been asleep since I'd closed the lid, how could it have run out? I was only gone for about 8 hours as well, I usually get more battery life than that out of it when I'm actually using it, never mind when its sleeping.
    But I thought whatever, and plugged it in for a few minutes to charge it up enough to turn on and maybe see why it had done this. The orange light came on the Magsafe end, but after a few minutes, still nothing.
    Cue much panicking and looking around at things, and this is what I've discovered/tried:
    - The battery appears to be charging, the light eventually went green.
    - When I press the power button, the Mac does power on; I can hear the fan inside if I put my ear to it (note that this means its really quiet, its not blowing at full power or anything), and the Mac is getting hot on the left hand side where the power adapter plugs in. It turns on both when plugged in and when its not. So the battery has power and the machine is turning on, it just isn't booting or doing anything. I can turn it off if I hold the power button down for about 3 seconds, the fan stops. But everything else is completely unresponsive. Also, it gets quite hot pretty quick, hotter than it normally does when in use.
    - I've reset the SMC, several times. When I do this, the light on the Magsafe goes green for a second, then back to orange, as though I've just plugged it in. I guess this means it is responding to the SMC reset, but it does nothing in terms of getting the thing started. This is the first thing people suggest with this problem, but I've already done it and while it seems to be doing its thing, it doesn't fix the problem.
    - I've tried resetting the PRAM/NVRAM. This has no noticeable affect on anything.
    - I've tried holding a bunch of different keys when starting up (cmd+R etc.) but again, nothing.
    - I've tried something crazy suggested in another thread; leaving the Macbook partially opening and shaking it, which supposedly does something to the "sudden motion sensor". I wouldn't have tried this but a whole bunch of people said it worked for them, but it does nothing for me. The fact this step didn't work is why I made a new thread; because the issue with those people seemed to be that their Macs wouldn't wake up from sleep/hibernation and shaking it somehow did that, or they just magically woke up on their own.
    And at this stage I seem to have run out of thing to try.
    I've made an appointment at the Genius bar but the earliest they could do is Saturday, which is pretty crappy and I'm going travelling in less than 2 weeks, so I really need my Macbook to sort out the details since a lot of info about it is on there exclusively.
    Does anyone know any reason why this might have happened?
    Why would the battery drain so fast when it was supposed to be sleeping?
    Why will it now not boot at all, even though it's powering up in some way? Could it not booting be related to the fact the battery seemed to run completely flat, and this has done something to the software or hardware?
    Any suggestions beyond what I've tried already?
    If I can't get it working before my Genius appointment, I'll post what happens here just in case any one else has this issue so people will have an idea of what might have happened to them.
    Thanks in advance!

    olliemilne wrote:
    - I've tried holding a bunch of different keys when starting up (cmd+R etc.) but again, nothing.
    You could try booting the MBP using the OPTION+COMMAND+R keys and see if it will connect to the Apple servers.  This would allow you to install the original OSX .  I have my doubts though.
    - I've tried something crazy suggested in another thread; leaving the Macbook partially opening and shaking it, which supposedly does something to the "sudden motion sensor".
    The Sudden Motion Sensor is applicable for conventional Hard Drives, not the SSD that is in a MBA.  Doing that will serve no useful purpose.
    You have exhausted all reasonable options and will just have to have the MBA evaluated at the genius bar.
    Ciao.

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