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I have a customer who has a 13" MacBook (early 2009, non-unibody) that has no backlight. The image is vaguely evident on the screen. I replaced the inverter and that went smoothly. The inverter cable is in good shape, as is the socket at the logic board. Additionally, the display cable doesn't appear to have any physical damage or wear.
I do get a very brief flash (about a second) on the display as soon as I turn it on, but no other evidence of a backlight. My next thought is to replace the display as I'm not going down the path of replacing the CCFL tube (I've done it on other displays and it's always a huge pain).
But before I do this, I want to check and see if anyone has had issues like this before and if there's anything else I should be checking before I plunk down another $150 of my customer's money on an LCD.
I do get a very brief flash (about a second) on the display as soon as I turn it on, but no other evidence of a backlight. My next thought is to replace the display as I'm not going down the path of replacing the CCFL tube (I've done it on other displays and it's always a huge pain).
But before I do this, I want to check and see if anyone has had issues like this before and if there's anything else I should be checking before I plunk down another $150 of my customer's money on an LCD.