sorry zen..more info
its the screen on the actual laptop..a friend was trying to enable a secondary monitor in the control panel,but succeeded in turning the default monitor off(which is the actual laptop screen)..because i cant get secondary monitor on,there is no way or correcting the situation as the screen doesnt come on...i was hoping that there would be a simple solution to this...when i start up i get the loading screen for windows xp,but then its just a blank screen with a low backlight..ive tried pressing f8 to enable external monitor,but the same happens..the monitor(s)...(ive tried numerous)..recognises something,but its just a low light and blank..thanks for the help