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Hi everyone, The backlight in my Macbook Pro has stopped working. Has anyone had this issue before and/or know how to replace the backlight? Thanks in advance!
Ouch! Not good ;-{ So how did the backlight fail? Are you facing a failed flex cable? So some of the backlight LED’s are lit and others not (Stage light effect)? The Design Flaw Behind MacBook Pro’s “Stage Light” Effect
Or, did the backlight just stopped working? Did you bang or drop your system? Are you sure the backlight has failed and not the whole display? Using a flashlight against the display holding it at an angle you should see a faint image of your desktop and its icons. Do you see them? If you plug in an external monitor are you able to see your desktop and run apps from it?
I’ve recently got one with a similar defect in our shop. By opening just a little bit the light is on, by opening more than that it stop working and screen has no more backlight. Sadly this has probably to do with the backlight cable and the repair is: change the whole screenrepair or substitute the cable… very hard work Take a look to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJt333c… for the change screen scenario, and to this for the cable scenario (not the same model, but similar work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYtDVjYN… Hope it helps.
