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krazzix

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Jun 15, 2010
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A friend of mine dropped his laptop and the display isn’t working anymore. There is no visible damage.

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Resetting NVRAM or SMC did nothing.

Connected to an external monitor works fine, so it’s either the display cable or the display itself.

I tried fiddling with the cable but nothing seems to happen. The friend said sometimes the display worked again when he moved it around. I tried all kinds of movements but it doesn’t happen to me. I keep getting the same snow screen.

I suspect I could replace the cable, and maybe fix the problem, or maybe it’s the display itself, what do you guys think?
 
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