Laptop experts come in.
 

So my fiance has a Sony Vaio laptop. Yesterday it fell off the bed opened and now the screen won't "light up". The screen is on because you can see it if you hold it at the right angle but no light. Does anyone know how to go about fixing this or the cost to send it to sony to fix?:dunno:

Multiple possible problems.
Dead hard drive.
Dislodged connectors.
Video card dislodged on the motherboard.
More....

I could see how it might be dislodged connectors but not your other two suggestions as the screen it self is on because i can see the welcome screen with the user profiles if the computer is held at the correct angle. But it just doesn't light up as if the lights are blown.

Ahhh, you didn't say that before. How about more details, and THEN we guess for you?

The florescent lamps need to be replaced !LCD CCFL Backlight Lamp

maybe this link could help you
http://www.fonerbooks.com/laptop_8.htm

I doubt it is the connector, most laptops have one connection point back to the motherboard/power source.

The actual light crystals of the LCD actually emit no light on their own, so they need an external light source. LCD monitors typically have some type of florescent lamp that emits light, then there is typically a white diffusion panel that distributes the light evenly throughout the rest of the display, ensuring that one area isn't lighter than the other. This is why when you get a dead pixel on an LCD monitor it shows up white instead of black.

So in your case, since the entire monitor is "black" I would suspect that the bulbs are broken. If you were getting areas that were dim and some were bright, I would suspect the diffusion panel was broken.

Sorry if that wasn't clear enough.

But thanks for the replys. Has anyone done this before on a laptop? Is it difficult to complete? Also, where can I find these bulbs online to purchase?

If he dropped it its most likely the screen. if fairly ez to fix them but you are probably looking any ware from 250 to 350 to get it fixed but if you want to do it your self 70$.

easy to do, look a the link i posted, + do a search on google with your laptop model # for the parts you need!

Thanks for your help guys!