Laptop screen black, works when hooked to TV/ monitor.?

Only displays on monitor if it s plugged in before I power it up.
Tried unplugging and removing battery, hold power button for couple minutes.
Tried the ram boards individually because earlier it wasn t displaying on monitor either.
It s an older Sony Vaio with Windows 7 btw.

?2016-04-22T14:20:35Z

I changed in the settings from monitor to screen and the display still doesn't work, now it won't show up on monitor either.

?2016-04-22T14:09:14Z

That is normally the back light gone bad. Take a flashlight and hold up to the screen. If you can see the desktop the you have to get a new back light for it.

Logi2016-04-22T13:58:54Z

press and hold the windows logo on your keyboard then press p key keep pressing p until you see the option you want then let go of the windows logo