Well, it looks like I got myself a brick too.I got the black screen on boot more and more often over a period of 6-8 weeks just out of warranty and now it simply has gone completely dead. I must have rebooted it 30 times to no avail. I must add that ...

Just out of warranty, not even two months, and I got the same thing.A few days ago , on booting up, I got a black screen, restarting the G73SW fixed it. Then it happened again, and again! After a few instances I had to close the lid and hold the p...