I might be laughed at here, but I'm still using a Dell Inspiron 4000 notebook. It is a stalwart machine and an old friend. I also have a Macbook but prefer the Inspiron. However, the screen has been a problem for some time (over a year), with some intermittent pinkness, vertical lines overtaking the screen, a stuck cursor, etc. --but these problems have always passed. Until today. The machine is booting normally (by the sound of things) but the screen is just white. It's never been only white before. Obviously, this is an old machine, but if it's a quick and easy fix, I'll do it. But on a machine I've had for seven years, I'm not going to sink a lot into it. Any idea if this is a quick fix?

I was raised not to be wasteful. I drive a 1995 car, too. Any help very appreciated.