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d.y.l

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Dec 15, 2010
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Hello, I hope someone can help me.

I kept my macbook (late 2008) turned on overnight on lowest brightness and when I tried turning the brightness back on this morning, the backlight flashed on for less than a second and then turned off again. Somehow I managed to get it to work, but whenever I move my macbook even slightly the problem reoccurs.

I've done some research on my problem and I suspect that it's hardware related (maybe the inverter or the inverter cable?), but maybe the LCD itself is broken? Does anyone else have any experience with this?
 
It could be any of those. It depends on the specific symptoms, but there's some overlap in the symptoms caused by failing parts. Additionally, it could be the logic board. ;)
 
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