On Feb 4, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 4, 2010, at 6:50 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
From what I have read, this phenomenon is due to degradation of
the fluorescent backlight. It can be replaced, but the
instructions I have read are not trivial, and the backlight tube
itself is quite fragile:
I have found the backlight and related components to be fairly
straight forward and easy to replace compared to the later
PowerBooks. But that's just me:-)
John Carmonne
"Easier than later PowerBooks" in no way negates that the process is
non-trivial and the tubes are very fragile and easy to break. This
is still not a repair task for a novice.
Simply because K2 is harder to climb than Everest does NOT mean
Everest is a walk in the park...
Yeah... the job is pretty intensive. I will say that the Pismo screens
are MUCH easier to do CCFL swaps than industrial point of sale
screens. Those have two bulbs, and have to be stripped down to the
screen layers, as the bulb sleds are attached to the top and bottom of
the diffuser. Not a job I EVER want to do again, but it saved our
company a $400 repair bill.
Brian
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