Regarding flashlight: probably meant as a joke, but it doesn't work like that. 

Regarding a spare monitor: I do not have another monitor, nor would that entirely work as there are other issues with the laptop that have persisted for a long time. The backlight issue is just the most recent. In fact, it might not even be the backlight after all as it was 'repaired' over three months ago and the problem returned days later. I'm still waiting to hear back from the guy to see what had happened.

Anyways, I'm just waiting on my brother to stop watching livestreams and get off his laptop.