Love Ubuntu; HP 2000 Laptop Screen Slowly Blinks Out

I've been dying to try Ubuntu for years now, so glad I did. I will NEVER go back to Microsoft!!!! I'm a retired desktop support tech who spent the majority of his career battling Microsoft products. Thank God those days are over. An internet friend tried to persuade me years ago to give Ubuntu a shot. Don't know why I waited so long...old programming, I guess.

Anyway, I should mention that I pulled this screen from an unknown and quite beat up Compaq laptop, so it's very likely the screen itself is no good. It works fine when I first boot up the laptop, but as the laptop warms up it will blink off for about 5 seconds, then come right back, then continue like this about 10 or so more times until it blacks out completely. What I have tried is, obviously, installing Ubuntu onto the drive that I also pulled from that machine. Love how simple the process is, and the fact that I can put the latest build on a 2 Gig flash drive.

The laptop is running fine presently and the screen has blacked out, currently hooked to external monitor which is working fine.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Here are my specs:

HP 2000-2b09WM Notebook PC

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Love Ubuntu; HP 2000 Laptop Screen Slowly Blinks Out