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I have a Ti-Powerbook G4 with a 15" screen.  I've had it for a few years and after the first year the screen went black.  I could tell there is still an image on the screen just really faint.  So after some research I had determined it was either the LCD board or the backlight.  I found both on ebay and changed the board, no help.  So I proceded to change the backlight.  I had detailed instructions on how to do this along with a warning that said don't try this at home.  Well I did.  After tearing the whole thing apart and successfully changing the backlight, when I was putting it back together one wire was on the inside of the inner workings of the hinge and one on the outside.  There was no way around this so I proceded to put back together.  So when the hinge assembly was done I pinched one of the wires in the hinge.  Put it all back together and started it up.  The wire went ssssssss and now I'm back to a black screen. 

This is not a procedure that I want to do anytime soon since I am probably lucky it still works at all.  The Mac store wants to replace the whole screen for $800.  I've seen places like Apple-restore or powerbook-restore or something like that, that you send them the powerbook and they change out the screen for $300.  Does anyone know of a place that I could take it to just swap out the backlight for more reasonable $$?  In Oregon?  Thanks