Acer laptop E1-731-4699 dual booting W7 (99% abandoned) and Mint Mate 19.2. Today, screen will not light up- HD(I think) & fan on, usual lights on also. All was fine yesterday.
History is that this happened once before some months back, I then assumed the screen itself had died, and installed a replacement; however, in the course of the service the original screen awoke and has been 100% ever since. The vendor was generous enough to accept the return of the replacement and up until today, as stated, the original worked as expected.
Today I checked the connector on the back of the screen ($%#@& tiny screws!) and it is well seated and taped. This machine came with the latest BIOS according to the Acer site.
Before I hand it over to a repair shop, credentials unknown, I’m asking here for some thoughts on how to proceed. All comments appreciated!