MacBook LCD Display Issues
My model is mid-2009, A1181 2.13 GHz Intel Core Duo 2.
I have the same issue that everyone has with their white macbook display: it goes dark after a minute, but external display is fine and I can see faint traces of windows on the lcd. Close the lid, open it up, the screen is on for a second or two and then it goes dark again.
After researching other posts I have reset the SMC, replaced the back light inverter cable and replaced the inverter itself. None of those efforts helped. While replacing the inverter panel I noticed that a gray cable going from the inverter to the back of the screen was pinched, but I couldn't tell if it was actually cut.
Could this pinched cable be the issue? If so, can I replace the cable without getting an entirely new screen? After shelling out around $90 for the cable and the inverter, I can't quite bring myself to drop another $200 on a replacement screen if I might face the same issue.
Is this a good question?
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Replaced display data cable and still no luck. I'm thinking the problem has to be the gray cable going from the inverter into the display. It's pinched in two places and it would only make sense that the pinched cable going from the back-light inverter into the monitor itself would cause problems with the back-light.
I can't find a way to attach photos, otherwise I would show the gray cable that I'm talking about. However, rather than open the mac up for the fourth time I might just upgrade my external monitor since the mac could give up the ghost in another year anyway.
by switmer