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Identifying Features
The Apple LED Cinema Display (27-inch) 2010 has a built in liquid crystal display with LED backlight that includes an iSight Camera with microphone and 2.1mm speaker system. It can support resolution up to 2560 x 1440 pixels. The all-in-one cable creates a station for portable computers, which also includes a universal MagSafe up to 85W, Mini Display port with audio support, and three self-powered USB 2.0 ports.
System Requirements
The LED Cinema Display (27-inch) works with Mac computers running Mac OS X 10.6.4 up to Mac OS 11.2 that have a Mini DisplayPort connector.
About this Guide
In this guide we will performing an LED panel replacement for the Apple Cinema Display (27-inch) in order to show the user on how to change the LED panel can be accomplished.
This guide is useful in cases of the LED panel malfunctioning; a few examples would be distorted video output or no video output from the panel, dead pixels, and/or physical damage.
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Before beginning any work on your Mac: Unplug the computer and wait for 2 minutes in order for the power supply's capacitors to discharge.
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Lay the unit on its back and press clean suction cups in opposite corners on the glass panel, or...
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Lay the unit on its back and press clean suction cups on top.
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Lift the glass panel up and off.
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Upon disassembly, handle the LED panel only from the metal railings on either side and avoid touching the panel as much as possible.
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Remove the twelve, 10 mm Torx T10 screws around the border of the display frame.
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Use the black tabs to raise the bottom edge of the LCD a few inches to access the cables inside.
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DisplayPort
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Function
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Ground pin
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LED backlight driver
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Peel back the mylar and foil tape on the DisplayPort cable on the back of the LED panel.
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Squeeze the sides of connector and pull it out.
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Squeeze the sides of the function cable connector on the top left edge of the logic board and pull it straight out.
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Close-up of the ground cable at top left of logic board. Remove the 10 mm Torx T10 screw from top left corner of logic board.
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Disconnect the ground cable.
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Pinch the LED backlight driver cable on the underside of the center right edge of the logic board and pull straight out.
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Handle the LCD panel by the edges and lift it upwards until it separates from the rest of the enclosure.
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In order to put everything back to its original place, we will need the new LCD panel and to follow the above steps in reverse.
In order to put everything back to its original place, we will need the new LCD panel and to follow the above steps in reverse.
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