Computer Powers On But Screen Stays Black

I have a HP Pavilion dv2415 nr laptop. I can power the machine on and the keyboard lights turn on but the screen stays blank. I'm not sure if the computer is shot or if there's something I can do to fix it.

Hi, sorry to hear of the problems with your laptop: Here's some steps you could take: 1 boot up your machine and wait for 5 minutes, then shine a torch/flashlight steadily onto the screen from a distance of an inch or two or three……. Look very carefully at the screen,( all over it) Can you see a very faint image of what you would normally see? 2 Connect your laptop to an external VDU, and see if you can get your usual image on it…… You may need to check your handbook as you may need a key combination to use the external VDU…its often Ctrl +F5 or F6 or similar Let us knbow if you get any results from either of these two steps. Regards paws