Thunderbolt Display Repair

Hello,

I have a Thunderbolt Display and this week the cat chew the cable with power and thunderbolt.

From what i understand from ifixit and youtube, you can take the glass off like the one from iMac.

So i could change the cable on my own.

The problem is, where i can find a replacement cable? I need something that ships international because i'm from Romania.

Can i find something like this on eBay? I tried to look but i can't find anything.

Or Apple will fix it if i pay?

Thanks,
Octavian Ruda

 

I'm sorry but i don't understand what you are saying.

I know that in the inside, it's a thunderbolt connection too.

Do you mean to replace the cable with a thunderbolt cable like this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD861ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-cable-20-m?fnode=51 ?

I know that i need a cable like this one: http://i01.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/598/675/565/565675598_245.jpg but for thunderbolt display. That is for cinema display.

 

Ok! That's nice! I didn't know it's also an input!

Thanks!

 

Yup.

For those who have the same problem, the part number for that cable is 922-9941.

 

I can do that.

But in my country, the Thunderbolt cable costs 70$
The replacement part is 80-90$ ...

So, it's better to replace the cable and leave the back port free.

If i was from US ... was another story, definitely not worth changing the cable.

 

Hei. This post is very old. In the meantime i sold the display.

But maybe this will help others.

I did order the cable from eBay and it's very easy to change it.
But there was a problem. The cable didn't work. My luck was that i ordered from a nice seller who sent another one right away. Unfortunately that cable didn't work too. I asked him to test it with a display or something since it's just a thunderbolt cable (yup, on the display motherboard it's just another thunderbolt port where this cable connects) but it didn't have one.

In the end i got a refund and decided not to change the cable anymore.

After some time i decided to change the laptop + display to an iMac and got the Thunderbolt display fixed at Apple. 100 Euro and was done in one hour.