On Dec 20, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Jim Goodin wrote:
> Forgive non-muse related folks but I need some input...
>
> I've been replacing the display element/LCD in my son's Macbook as one
> of his Xmas presents. History is he accidentally dropped it a ffew
> months ago turning it into a lava lamp. I found a laptop LCD supplier
> in Texas via eBay selling reasonably, $177 with shipping for a
13.3
> Macbook element. I successfully got it installed yesterday all but
> the outer bezzel. I booted it and tested iSight camera and wireless
> all was beautiful yesterday. Today I figured out the bezzel issue and
> took everything off and own two or three times includiing the hinge
> that covers the clutch and what I'm assuming is the video inverter.
> The battery was just about totally exhausted. I booted it today after
> getting everything back and the display was very dim, like maybe 15%
> video. Ithought maybe it was just too low so plugged in the AC and no
> avail. Panic set in. Through trial/error I finally put the old
> display back on and saw that it was the same. I googled and found
> some chatter about power management needing resest which seemed to be
> a version of the old zap of the PRAM in 7.x. Did this no avail. It's
> beginning to look like this may be a bust for xmas saddly.
>
> Realize this is sketchy but any input from Mac folks in our group
> would be greatly appreciated in this final hour.
>
> Best
>
> Jim
>
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