Any HP Laptop Users Get The BlackScreen?

[motordavid]

As in laptop works fine, but screen is black; I can see the ghost image, but the backlight won't stay on.

Search turned up A-Z with little solace or, real help. I tried the way too easy unplug/remove battery and static discharge trick to no avail.

I copped an $80 Acer 20" LCD screen this morning, connected it to my HP G60 laptop, and it runs fine and, normal...on the add'l monitor, not my laptop screen.

Any tricks or ideas? I can live with it in meantime in it's inelegant rig job, but I suspect the 'fix' will be about half the cost of a new laptop.

That, and the potential fixes suggested are all over the map...
Thanks, mD

PS: I ain't shopping for a Mac laptop...