Fixing the Dreaded iBook Backlight?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday January 15, 2004 @06:42AM from the do-it-yourself-repairs dept.

Aliencow inquires: "I've recently bought an iBook, and it started having the very common backlight problem. Basically, there are two types of things that can cause the problem: either the screen hinges pinching the cables, which is pretty easy to fix if you're not scared of opening things up; or it could be the logic board, which is what happened in my case. I've heard of someone being able to fix it by doing a bypass operation on the board, soldering a wire before the break and soldering it directly on the backlight connector. Aside from that, however I haven't been able to find much about how to fix that particular problem. Have any of you iBook-owning Slashdot readers had to repair your iBook like this? Any hints? If my repair is successful I'll surely snap a bunch of pictures and make a website, as this is a problem that affects a lot of iBook owners."

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Was about to tell you. by MindStalker · 2004-01-15 06:53 · Score: 0, Funny

Man I was about to tell you, but then you threatened snap a bunch of pictures and make a website out of it.
Re:Right there with you guys... by l0wland · 2004-01-16 02:17 · Score: 1, Funny

I drop an email to sjobs@apple.com
How smart of you to publish his emailaddress on /. ... Knowing the /.-effect, he will definately be thankful for that ;-)

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