Hay, I own a 15" Powerbook, I bought it this August for school work and such. Recently I been noticing awkward sounds when I turn on the laptop from either standby or being shut off, it sounds like a crackaclking and a surge of electricit. Now my monitor is dimmed completely as if in a power-saving mode, and I can barely see anything on it. The monitor is pitch black unless I have lights on to see what I am typing, etc. The backlight on my keyboard works though.
I restarted, looked in preferences and such and found nothing changed. I left it off for a good day and a half and when I started it back up, the lights flickered normally then back to darkness.
Any advice? Did I burn out my monitor or something? D: