Hey guys, I just bought a faulty macbook 5,2 early 09 with a white screen issue. (Wanted to have something to do and thought it would be a good little project)
So the macbook works perfectly with an external monitor however the macbook screen just shows white. Inverter board appears to work because the screen brightness on the macbook can be adjusted. With an external monitor everything is working.
The guy told me that he replaced a cracked screen with a new one in the macbook. Shortly after doing this the screen just shows white (He believes after putting the clutch cover back on this happened, but before doing this the screen worked)
Which I am assuming means the LVDS cable could possibly have been damaged while putting the clutch cover back on. (Its abit bent too so it wasnt put on properly)
However... isight camera is working fine... which makes me think.. that the cable might not actually be faulty? since there on the same cable (I think)
Could anyone give me a little advise, would be greatly appreciated.
(Tried the usual reseting pram and scm but that hasnt helped)
edit: ok now iv just found out that when i unplugged the display out cable the screens flickered with a washed out image on it on the macbook. Everything seems messed up on the screen. So its possible the LCD is broke?
Since doing that now sometimes the screen shows up a faint image on the display but you cant see the cursor move (but can on the monitor as i have both mirrored) and after a few seconds the screen fades back to white again.
So the macbook works perfectly with an external monitor however the macbook screen just shows white. Inverter board appears to work because the screen brightness on the macbook can be adjusted. With an external monitor everything is working.
The guy told me that he replaced a cracked screen with a new one in the macbook. Shortly after doing this the screen just shows white (He believes after putting the clutch cover back on this happened, but before doing this the screen worked)
Which I am assuming means the LVDS cable could possibly have been damaged while putting the clutch cover back on. (Its abit bent too so it wasnt put on properly)
However... isight camera is working fine... which makes me think.. that the cable might not actually be faulty? since there on the same cable (I think)
Could anyone give me a little advise, would be greatly appreciated.
(Tried the usual reseting pram and scm but that hasnt helped)
edit: ok now iv just found out that when i unplugged the display out cable the screens flickered with a washed out image on it on the macbook. Everything seems messed up on the screen. So its possible the LCD is broke?
Since doing that now sometimes the screen shows up a faint image on the display but you cant see the cursor move (but can on the monitor as i have both mirrored) and after a few seconds the screen fades back to white again.
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