[iBook] ibook display question

[Tim AumAn]

All:

I purchased a used g3 iBook, 800mhz with combo drive.  About a month ago, I 
started having problems with the screen. When I would open it past 
perpendicular, the screen would go black. If you closed the lid & restarted 
it, it would work again until you opened the screen too far.  Within about 
a week, the range that the display would work decreased until it was 
constantly black.

The computer works just fine when hooked up to an external dispay/TV. I 
also just noticed a small thin blue & white wire slightly poking out of the 
seam in the back of the laptop, behind the hinge portion. Just yestaeray, I 
was sitting in a different lighting location while hooked up to an external 
monitor and I noticed that you could just barely see the actual image on 
the laptop display. but it was really, really dark.

Any thoughts?? I was thinking that it might be a loose or pinched wire 
problem, given that the initial problems came about when moving/opening the 
screen. Is this something that is fixable? Any ideas on costs, etc.? The 
computer has more than enough speed & memory for what I need it for, and I 
would be willing to put some money into it rather than buying a new one.

thanks

Tim