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Dell E173FP shows nothing

I get no picture on the monitor when connected to my desktop PC. I connected it to my laptop and set it up to clone the laptop monitor, still no picture. The laptop detected the second monitor, the brand/model, etc. It powers on and off just fine. Could the LCD itself have died???

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The backlight may have died. LCD monitors work by shining a light through the active diodes.

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