Hi all and thanks for reading this post.

I have just recently purchased a G73JW-3DE laptop and had it delivered today. Unfortunately when I went to turn the machine on the screen did not come on with it. The rest of the lights came on and the unit appeared to have booted up (even the blue strip of light on the screen came on! ;D ).

So after frantically searching around the machine for some kind of button or switch I might've missed, I decided to try an external monitor. Now this worked, I was able to use windows and use the machine fine. So there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the graphics card.

This leaves me to conclude that there is a loose connection to the screen or the screen itself is dead. Checking with the retailer, these units are all tested before shipping.. so this screen must've worked at some time!. So I'm hoping on a loose connection.

Has anyone here been inside the machine tinkering that could give me some direction on how to check all the connections? I have plenty of experience with desktop machines, but quite limited with laptops. Some kinda guide as to what I'm looking for or a picture would be handy.

Thanks for any input.