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I have been using this macbook since a year ago. I frequently closed and opened the lid to save the time required for the system start-up. Everything was going well, since one day the display partly turned black in the half left side, then it moved to the right half side, and eventually all the display turned black. I took it to a dark room, and the display was poorly visible. I could connect it to an external monitor, and it is working normally (now using it to write this message). I run Apple Hardware Test, and got this message “There may be an issue with the display. Reference code: VFD004, Additional reference code: VFD001”. I verbally consulted a local repairshop and the response was fully replacement of the display lid by a fee which I found it high. Any help would be much appreciable!
What I cannot guarantee is if you order a replacement display cable, which may solve the problem if it works. It is not from iFixit so I cannot guarantee if this will work or not, so do it at your own risk! What I can guarantee is that if you buy a replacement display from iFixit that it will work and if it does not you will get a replacement with no questions asked. I will provide a link to the iFixit guide for replacing the screen in that guide is a link to the screen replacement from iFixit. Screen Replacement and Guide Display Cable Replacement
backlights, either CCFL or LED. Your LCD is fine it sounds like, I believe these had LED backlights and a backlight fuse, its most likely the connector but it could be the fuse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZGhd2A…
