I’m having a problem with my Dell INSPIRON 8200 laptop with a 14.1 LCD. The symptoms are as follows. Upon boot the computer LCD seems to be fine, after a while the screen goes dark. If you look carefully, you can just barely see an image. If I close the lid, or reboot, the LCD comes right back on. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if this problem could be a bad LCD or possibly be the inverter?

sounds like you have something loose in the LCD connection to the mobo