[ale] Laptop screen going out???

[Rafos701 at aol.com]

I'm sorry, Mr Scherrey, that this is happening with your machine. The only advice I can tell you that you'd likely like to follow is, if you have key combinations toggling between external monitor and the LCD, to press them, the even number if you've only two choices, 3x if more. I found sensitivity in my keyboard, or even, e.g. X-server events could tend to cause such traumatic and hair-raising episodes. 

The other thing, if you have to attend to warranty rules, or maybe if not, is the firm advertising in the inside cover of the Computer Currents tabloid. Though they will probably overcharge for it, they may have the least reliable part in your LCD, (afaik [I am going by 2 and 3 yr old problems such as red screen, which I think has been eliminated, and suppose to be caused by improper sealing of the bulb) .. the least reliable, but nearest to generic part of your LCD, a white cold-cathode bulb. The other thing they may be authorized [by SONY] to replace could be the inverter, which function is to take the DC in your machine and convert it to up to 18Kilovolts, I assume to be AC for something which, to me, resembles slightly the flourescent bulb, and markedly, the case decorations which aren't generally available in white, nor the Pythagorean leg-length generally horizontal and sometimes vertical within your display. Actually the bulbs can't just be slapped up to an inverter, and it's arcane matter, but the first check should of course be that all the connections are secure. If you want to pursue the mark of the beast, the one powered by Oracle, the cheapest route might be to look for the replacement panel, based on 15, 15.x, Vaio, etc, then bring such auction winnings to the authorized Sony technicians, (thus reducing your wait on their wait for parts.) Though I hope this helps, see the first line.
If you do dick around with the panel, keep order of the stack of plastic sheeting therein; it's polarization and light spreading stuff.