i think the display is done on my laptop (toshiba satellite 1115-s103), as it only displays a very white and slightly splotchy mess on the screen. the laptop works fine, i've run it w/ the svideo hooked up to my tv and can see everything as it should be, and i am still able to get files off it over my network. the display flashes during boot, from the white to black of off, like when windows is starting normally, so i'm guessing it's still getting signals from the computer. the only thing i can think of that might have done this is my leaving the svideo plugged into my tv for the night after watching a movie while using the laptop as a dvd player; which is the last time i saw anything on the display. if anyone can knows of an easy or mildly complicated or even very complicated fix for this, one that doesn't require buying a new display, i'd be really into it.
thanks