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Hi everyone, I just bought a MBP 15" which had a broken screen, the plan was to install a new LCD, which all went without a hitch. However the LCD is still not displaying any image, only the backlight (this is what was happening with the old LCD). I also noticed that around 5cm of the clutch cover on the far left (where the LVDS cable is underneath) gets EXTREMELY hot within 1 minute of the computer being on. I’m talking ‘can’t hold my finger on it’ hot. I then unplugged the cable from the logic board and noticed a few of the pins had black on them, suggesting maybe a short somewhere? Do I need a new LVDS cable? or can I somehow fix this. Please tell me I can, because I dread taking off the glass bezel again.
Pins 2 and 3 right? PP3V3_S0 is shorting to ground through the cable, plugged in lopsided somehow. This is one of the few supplies in the machine that is actually capable of driving a direct load to ground without smoking, please unplug the LCD before you destroy the computer, it will not power that load for long before it eventually smokes.
Hi, since i got the exact same problem (only difference is that i checked the display socket with magnifier and it seems absolutely intact) i wonder if you found a solution. Was it the cable? Thanks
