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Hello,
If your LCD screen on your laptop is really dark and pressing the brightness function keys does not make it any better then you probably have a failing backlight. This pretty much means, time to either replace the screen altogether or buy a new laptop.
You can get screens off ebay for about $130
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=Lenovo+ThinkPad+SL500+lcd+screen&_sacat=0&_odkw=Lenovo+ThinkPad+SL500+lcd&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
Regards, Chris

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