Having the wrong cable or screen attached will definitely fry a couple of components on logic board and that's $200-300 to fix. Always be careful with the connector on the logic board it's very fragile. do not force connector into logic board and should be a tight fit. Typically either gold or silver cover over connector. Be careful you have the Exact model (CPU speed is great indicator as the core i7 won't fit the core i5 and the 2.3 is different than either the 2.4 but one if those us same lvds for the 2.5 GHz model A1278 for example. It takes a special technique! YouTube has great videos on this. The greatest task is replacing the rubber around the perimeter of the lcd glass. This is not an easy task best left for the pro or semi-pro as can be found locally on Kijiji perhaps. So inspect the logic board LVDS connector carefully with a loupe to see if it has any signs of visible damage like liquid shorting out or melting plastic connectors. In order to replace the LVDS cable you need to:Ī) Take the display assembly off of the rest of the MacBookī) remove the glass from the display- can be done but extremely hard to do so without breaking it so possible you will have to fork over another $70 to replaceĭ) swap cables on back of LCD and re-route new cable through metal frame of display assemblyġ) always test the LCD before replacing glass- if there is a problem with the cable or connection you want to find it then, not after you have put glass back on.Ģ) Remember that the problem can be on the logic board and not the screen- meaning you can have a logic board that works with external monitor and not the internal screen- but to no fault of the screen. You most likely place to find a replacement is by buying a display assembly that is non working and salvage the cable. Damaged LVDS cables can be replaced- but as one responder pointed out it is not a part that is normally sold separately.
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