Ripped 140 Display Cable

[Johnnya101]

Is this easily fixable? These cables seem to be impossible to find. I have a 160 parts powerbook on hand, but the cable is probably different.

 

[Johnnya101]

Possibly good news... Heres a photo of my Powerbook 160 and the limited view of the display cable, compared to my 140s broken cable. My 140s cable is 630-6271-02, and the 160 has one labeled 630-6271-A. They look exactly the same. Will I damage anything swapping the cable from my parts 160 (hoping that its not torn) to my 140? Are they compatible even though the 160 is grayscale?

 

[Johnnya101]

Found someone with a similar issue regarding a broken cable here:



They apparently successfully used a cable from a 140 in a 160 (Or vice versa). The parts 160 has a sticky note that says it has a bad screen that has lines on it. Hopefully its just a bad LCD, and not a bad cable...

 

[Johnnya101]

Opened up my parts 160 (bad logic board, really destroyed hinges, missing parts, etc) this morning.

See that it has a display cable labeled 630-6271-02! Same as my 140!! You'd think that they would reinforce the edges. Managed to get it unplugged without ripping it this time. I'll swap it out today. There's a sticky note on the 160 that says there is a huge black bar going across the screen, which would indicate a bad cable or bad screen. Hoping it is just a bad screen. The cable looks good. I'll break out the multimeter and check for continuity before testing.

 

[Johnnya101]

Just checked continuity of the new cable. All good, tests good. All of the model numbers and writing on it are the exact same. The black lines on the screen must have been a bad LCD because the cable tests fine. Sticky note says backlight was broken too so probably was abused.

Will update if it works out.