Installing iBook G4 12" 1.33 GHz LCD

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Replace a broken LCD/Backlight with the display still attached to your iBook.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Battery  ¶ 

  • Lay your iBook upside down on a flat surface.

  • Use a coin to rotate the battery locking screw 90 degrees clockwise.

  • Lift the battery out of the computer.

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Add Note Edit Step 2 — Rear Display Bezel  ¶ 

  • Use a 1.5mm hex screwdriver to remove the two hex screws on either side of the display (four screws total).

  • If you don't have a 1.5mm hex driver, you can probably get these screws out with a T6 Torx screwdriver. However, if you use a T6 Torx driver you'll be more likely to strip the screws.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Insert the flat end of a spudger perpendicular to the face of the display into the gap between the front and rear bezels near the upper left corner of the display.

  • Rotate the spudger away from the display to pry the rear bezel off the front bezel.

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Add Note Edit Step 4  ¶ 

  • Run your spudger along the top edge of the front display bezel to evenly separate the two bezels.

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • Working down from the upper left corner, use the flat end of a spudger to pry the rear bezel away from the left edge of the display.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the rear bezel away from the right edge of the display.

  • If necessary, pry along the bottom edge of the rear bezel to separate it from the display assembly.

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Add Note Edit Step 7  ¶ 

  • Lift the rear bezel off the display assembly.

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Add Note Edit Step 8 — LCD  ¶ 

  • Close the display.

  • Remove the small pieces of yellow tape securing the thin metal LCD cover to the display.

  • Remove the large piece of tape near the right display hinge.

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Required Tools

Spudger

$2.95 · 50+ In stock

Phillips #00 Screwdriver

$4.95 · 50+ In stock

Coin

$2.95 · 20 In stock

1.5mm Hex Screwdriver

$9.95 · 4 In stock

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