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Model A1419 / EMC 2806 / Late 2014 or Mid 2015. 3.3 or 3.5 GHz Core i5 or 4.0 GHz Core i7 (ID iMac15,1); EMC 2834 late 2015 / 3.3 or 3.5 GHz Core i5 or 4.0 GHz Core i7 (iMac17,1) All with Retina 5K displays

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27” iMac 5k late 2015 screen issue.

Does anyone know what I’ve broken here. I changed my hard drive and was feeling quite good with myself. Until I put it back together. Have I damaged the screen or the backlight?

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Ouch! You damaged the display when you took it off.

Did you follow the iFixit guide and use the special pizza cutter tool?

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Yes I did, then I used the two credit card like things in the kit, but what I didn’t see was any warning about not inserting them in too far and must have been were the damage occurred.

So a new screen will fix the issue and transfer the backlight over from the damaged screen?

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@tarx Yes you need a new display assembly. Sadly, you can't transfer the backlight as the assembly as no one offers a raw LCD panel, only there assembly.

Here's the needed part: 27" iMac Retina 5K LCD Panel & Front Glass Assembly, Apple P/N 661-00200

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