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Feb 8, 2011 11:22 AM in response to Will the FCP Dudeby eww,Your Tibook's LVDS video cable was damaged when the hinge broke and needs to be replaced if you want the built-in display to work again. Getting the display assembly apart to replace the cable and then putting it back together again is a miserable, very time-consuming job, in the course of which you stand a pretty good chance of damaging the LCD panel, the new video cable, the inverter cable, the sleep light cable, or any combination of the above. If you decide to tackle it anyway, you will certainly want to replace the hinges (both of them) while you're in there.
http://home.comcast.net/~macdan/tibook_display.html
There's no way in the world that the value of your antique Powerbook justifies this input of time and money at this late date, but if you're just up for a project, go crazy. -
Feb 9, 2011 2:37 PM in response to ewwby Will the FCP Dude,Would any of these cables work?
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Powerbook-G4-Aluminum-G4-Display-Cable-LVDS-15-p-1 6610.html
http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-POWERBOOK-G4-15-LCD-VIDEO-CABLE-TOP-COVERW0QQitemZ320526721331QQcategoryZ31569QQcmdZViewItem#ht_1221wt907
Is this a definite fix?
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Feb 16, 2011 10:52 PM in response to Will the FCP Dudeby old comm guy,It would probably be better to get a used display module. Search Google for "661-2748 display" and you will find a number of them hanging around. That way, you don't have to muck with the hinges or the cable or disembowel the display, which usually doesn't turn out very well.
Google also to find the Apple service manual, which was titled, I think, pbg4_1Ghz.pdf, and get hold of that file.
Finally, the whole process requires removing and replacing the logic board, and a whole lot more stuff, and you will probably need to get some thermal strips 922-4626 to replace the compound that was on the CPU case. This is crucial: *you have to follow the instructions in the Apple manual exactly*.
Figure a two or three hours or more, as you really have to disembowel the laptop to get the display out and put the new one in. It's not a pleasant process. Only undertake it if you really have the time to kill, because frankly it's probably not actually worth it at the present age of the machine.