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After water damage, screen fades to black

Hello,

I have the same problem as Anton; it appeared after some liquid was poured over the keyboard. I have changed the LVDS cable but it keep the same. Now I am working with an external monitor...

I have uploaded an image of how my screen is to:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2536a6f8cfjwc...

My laptop is:

MacBook3,1

Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz

Model: A1181

ROM version: MB31.008E.B02

SMC: 1.24f3

Serial number: W880273FZ62

Thanks for your help and best regards,

Cesar

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Hello Anton,

Thanks for your reply!!

I'll check during this weekend and let you know.

Best regards,

Cesar

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Hey,

Just saw you've got the same problem.

Recently I had some time and try to fix it again.

By detaching the display and examining stuff around thoroughly I found out that the camera cable that goes to the screen through the left clutch hinge was worn out in one of its side. I could see a bunch of small silverish wires coming out of it, if that makes sense. First I thought it should be the LVDS/video cable that caused the problem but turned out it's not.

Anyway, as I didn't have a spare cable I tried to fix the broken one by just putting all the small wires altogether and wrapping it around with tape. Since then the problem's gone.

Maybe in the future, I will replace the cable. By the way, to completely replace it takes to tear down the whole display.

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