Why is a laptop monitor going black?

Problems with my laptop, the monitor keeps going black?

• Mk well, I woke up this morning same as usual and I picked up my laptop from my floor right next to my bed (where I always keep it). I turn it on and while its starting up I go use the bathroom. When I come back my laptop is shutdown.. I figured it must have died. So I plug it in to the charger and it still doesn't turn on. I take the battery out and put it back in and I try again. It finally turns on but it shows the HP screen then thats as far as it goes. The next screen is black and just stays that way. I can't do jack ****, it won't even let me reboot it. I'm taking it tomorrow to geek squad, but does anyone know what it might be? I don't want to spend no money on it if I can fix it myself. The only thing I can thing of is a friend battery or something. Also does it cost money to have geek squad just to look at your computer and to tell you what is wrong with it?

• Answer:

  Try the procedure again and hope for a better result. I'll check in again later to see if you've added a bit more description which I would like, or e-mail me @ [email protected] / or aim me at sensesfail606 on AIM. I'll try to tell you whats wrong if you can send me a picture or something through e-mail.