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I have a 2nd gen. itouch, that works great with one issue. The LED Backlights dont work @ all. I can turn on display and do my thing mostly select music. But the LED backlights dont brighten up the display. Basically what are my options? Can I just simply replace the LCD or are the lights set up individually of the display?
The LCD has the lights behind it, but need a chip which is located in the logic board to run these lights. If the chip is fried, you will need to replace it, or else it may be just the LCD backlights which are wrecked. If the backlights are VERY faint, you will need to either replace the LCD screen or a part on the motherboard (logic board) which is called the backlight IC. (I believe iPod 2nd generations had these?) Cheapest thing to do would be replacing the backlight IC on the logic board, but this is not always the problem and is very hard to do (requires soldering) Easiest (fairly easy) thing to do would be replacing the LCD, but this is also a more expensive way of TRYING to fix it.
