[CUBE] displays follow-up

[Riba]

> Disaster... a 1000pound screen bust. As a selfemployed graphic 
> designer, this is bad, very bad indeed. I lost total confidence in 
> Apple products (my original ibook went dead last November). 
> Nevertheless I will open to look inside if a simple fix would repair 
> it, but I doubt it very much. Apple repair service quotes 520 euros to 
> fix it,... the price of a new screen. And of course because of its 
> original price, I didn't have any cents left for the apple care > plan...
>
> Any clues or ideas how to fix it or what could have been the cause???

Your backlight lamp has gone bad. Actually, there should be two of 
them, and it is unlikely that both of them went bad, it is probably the 
inverter that provides the power for them. The replacement lamps are in 
$100 range, and you can get them from www.jkllamps.com, i think 
Digi-Key is their distributor. But first open up that display to see if 
they get any power. If not, try to fix that. As I said, I doubt it is 
the lamps, ules there is only one inside.