hi... am a dell 630m user here myself. Has anyone encounter "no video/lcd" problem before? i mean, nothing shows up on lcd (black screen) but when plugin external monitor, it's showing fine on the ext. monitor....then after awhile, the lcd shows by itself again. And also, the Fn F8 (CRT/LCD), how come when i press it while ext. monitor not connected, my LCD turned black? and press it again won't get my LCD showing unless i reboot? thanks for feedbacks/infos!

thanks for the advice. i've just browsed thru dell's forum & to find out that 630m that has this problem is due to it's defective "reed/read switch"... i suppose on monday morning when the dell technician comes to meet me, he'll perform such change of that part.

Anyway, defective or not, it's working fine now and i've already told dell's support but they insist on meeting me up still! i wonder why....hehe. Alright, one thing that probably you all can enlighten me, can i install Nero instead of using the bundled Sonic for burning purposes? many thanks!