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Macbook A1181 Display Dimmed light
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1107378" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>You could have a bad or intermittent backlight. The inverter supplies the necessary AC power to the backlight and since you swapped that out and the cable, that doesn't leave much. The problem, however, with a bad or intermittent backlight is that they are very difficult to change out. Every repair facility that I know always recommends that the entire display be changed in the event the backlight is defective.</p><p></p><p>It's also possible that a connection to the display backlight is loose although that's unlikely since you can get it to come on by restarting.</p><p></p><p>You might want to take a look on the <a href="http://www.ifixit.com" target="_blank">iFixit: The free repair manual</a> site to see what's involved in changing the display and the cost for a replacement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1107378, member: 46727"] You could have a bad or intermittent backlight. The inverter supplies the necessary AC power to the backlight and since you swapped that out and the cable, that doesn't leave much. The problem, however, with a bad or intermittent backlight is that they are very difficult to change out. Every repair facility that I know always recommends that the entire display be changed in the event the backlight is defective. It's also possible that a connection to the display backlight is loose although that's unlikely since you can get it to come on by restarting. You might want to take a look on the [url=http://www.ifixit.com]iFixit: The free repair manual[/url] site to see what's involved in changing the display and the cost for a replacement. [/QUOTE]
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