[Ti] Black Lines in Display

[Kynan Shook]

The two-pin connector (usually with one white and one blue wire) is 
actually the sleep light connector.  You generally don't need to bother 
with it.  ;-)
There's a different two-pin connector that goes through the other hinge 
(usually pink and white), however, and that's the bulb wire that comes 
from the inverter board.  That one is a lot more difficult to get to, 
and its exact location varies by model.  You have to remove the logic 
board to get at it, most of the time, but unless you just lost the 
backlight (everything else about the display is OK), that wire isn't 
causing any problems.  One thing to watch for though is that the latest 
models have this wire running along the edge of the case all the way up 
past the CD drive to the inverter board, which is in the very front 
corner of the computer.  If the wire gets pinched when you put the 
bottom case back on, you'll probably have to get it fixed 
professionally.  Luckily, this part is just a cable extension from the 
board to the display connector, but it takes a good amount of labor to 
get to it, and you might just be stuck paying Apple's flat-rate.

And the connectors will be close to you and on the left if the computer 
is upside down with the hinges towards you; probably the best 
orientation for working on the TiBook.

Ron Owens <owensron at earthlink.net> writes:
> 4. Found the connectors: one is multi-pin, the other two-pin (if the 
> latch
> is toward you, I think they'll be close to you and on the left -- not 
> sure,
> though)


Kynan Shook
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