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I have an early-2015 MBA 13” (A1466, last 6 of serial BXG944) whose backlight began intermittently going out yesterday. It finally went out for good today after shorter and shorter durations of the backlight working (it would go out, I’d restart or close and re-open the laptop and it would come on for a few minutes then the backlight would flick out again, repeat and repeat). The LCD screen itself remains functional. It seems like the problem is either the LVDS cable or the “p” fuse. I have another dead (logic board water damage to a battery thingie) MBA (A1369) that I can use to cannibalize whatever parts are needed to repair the 1466… is this possible? What should I do - replace the whole clamshell display? Seems like this would be easier than soldering parts… advice?
Since after long time the question is still hanging just partly answered let’s try and clear it for future reference. A1369 and A1466 share the same LVDS cable and it’s just in the same position, thus if your just looking for a screen, answer would be yes, but it doesn’t include WIFI and camera connectors. Camera connectors are different and in way different position, so there’s no chance of compatibility here and camera function would be lost either way. WIFI cables are of different lenghts, shorter in A1369 and longer in A1466. This implies that a 1466 screen unmodified can be adapted to an A1369, retaining screen and WIFI functions, but not camera. Viceversa, unless one finds a way to modify and increase the lenght of A1369 WIFI cables, an A1369 screen cannot be used on an A1466 model without loosing both camera and WIFI. Backlight fuse belongs to logic board, and although it’s the same, i believe implies a whole different set of issues.
Please see here, has anyone discuss before … A1369 A1466, LCDmodule compatibility?
Thanks a lot. Very helpful answer. What about the other way around? Can we replace a a1369 display with an a1466 display? Is there any adaptor for the webcam? Thanks
