LCD repair?

[Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO]

I saw a link to a backlight repair on a desktop LCD on digg.com last
week.  There were decent pictures and instructions.  The author used a
cold cathode to repair it.  I don't know if you can do this in a laptop
or not.

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Anyone here handy enough to do LCD repair? To make a long story short, I

get no display on my laptop anymore... well, I get a tad, but seems the 
backlight isn't kicking on. I figure I'd buy a backlight and replace it 
for the heck of it.<tearing that display apart was a damn learning 
experience.... why does it take 500+ screws to hold this thing
together?!>
  Still no light coming on. I can see the display on the 
LCD very faintly, so I know something is getting out there. Could it be 
the power inverter that is going out as well? Is there any way to test 
that? I'd hate to keep buying random parts until it fixes it. Are there 
any local shops that would fix it? It may be easier to have someone else

fix it then me mess with it forever =]

Thanks for any responses
-dave