Ibook clamshell LCD

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Ibook clamshell LCD

Hi all,
Im hoping you can help me diagnose/cure my ibook problem. I think it's either the lcd itself, or the display cable. The ibook seems to boot fully, and the backlight comes on (I think so anyway, the screen gradually goes white) but all that appear are lines on the LCD. The number and configuration of the lines is different every boot.
Most problems with this screen seem to come from the backlight, am I correct in assuming that the backlight is ok, since the screen lights up?
If that is the case, is there an easy way to determine if its the lcd itself, or the cable?
Lastly, where can I go to replace the damaged part(s)? This is for a ibook photo frame project. The dissassembled computer was moved while I was on vacation, and now the display problem. Is it static damage?
Thanks for any help!

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look for

look at the display plug to
the mother bored and unpulg it and put it back in
also look for damige to the back of the screen
i don't konw if these tips will help
but it can't hert to try

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Update: Turned it on this a

Update:
Turned it on this afternoon to find that Im now getting intermittent display. Mostly horizontal lines, but occasionally a jumping image of the desktop, sometimes doubled top and bottom. Considering buying another ibook or ibook display off of ebay. Any ideas?
PS, tried the cables already, thank you for the advice.

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iBook Indigo WHITE SCREEN :[

Hey, I;m having now similiar problem.

I have the little bit old now iBook Indigo (FireWire) - without HD, kbd and trackpad, but it works - turns on, the boot sound appears, and seems to be booting from CD (it's reading and reading the disc...) - but NO VIDEO on LCD! Sad

The Display from start is still white - no other signs - only the full white screen Sad And I also noticed that the LED under the LCD doesn't work (if thid little round area is a space for LED, but I'm almost sure it is). After unpluging the video cable it's the same

Any ideas? Help? Suggestions?

I hope it's not the onboard video injury...

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