I have had this very problem for several years now with my Armada 1750.After upgrading to Win2000Pro I want to put this annoying problem to rest. I cannot be sure it is not heat related or connection related. I have had the problem at times during a cold boot and other times I have gone for hour without a problem. At one time (not lately) I was able to either, open and close the LCD lid several times quickly to bring the display back or at other times, simply pressing the lid closed micro-switch would bring back the display. I took the LCD panel off once and found the ribbon cable runs through the left hinge. I found no apparent connection problems. Can we solve this?????