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Hi! I got this computer from a friend and he claims the backlight doesn’t work. I tested this out to be true by

  1. Booting the computer to external display. Works alright
  2. Shining a light to the display shows stuff = Data is sent to the display, but backlight doesn’t work I tried cleaning LVDS cable connector on the board and LVDS cable itself but to no avail. So what could I do? I’m guessing that the LVDS cable could be at fault but also the backlight controller on the board, but I can’t for the life of me locate it or find some info on the internet. I could only find where’s it’s located on the 2009,2011 and 2012 computers but not on the 2010 ones Here’s a picture of the board By the way. The guy is a heavy smoker, and I found a lot of yellow and orange dust inside the fans. It could also damage the components, maybe

Thanks for any help!

Marhowl, I’d start by checking the fuse for continuity. Let us know what you find