Apple ibook g4 14 inch mid 2005 User Manual

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 LVDS Cable 2. Near the middle of the LVDS cable, peel the tape from the LVDS cable, and free it from 
the microphone cable. 
3. Remove the tape from the bottom edge of the LCD panel.  Important:  Note that the mesh tab is not covered by the tape. Rather, it lays flat\
 
when taped over the LCD shield.  

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4. Remove the LVDS cable from the bezel assembly.
5. Install the replacement LVDS cable, and reassemble and test the computer. 

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 AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth Antenna Cables
AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth 
Antenna Cables
Tools
• Soft cloth
• #0 Phillips screwdriver
• Black stick (or other nonconductive nylon or plastic tool)
Note:  To organize the screws you remove from the display assembly, use a tray with 
divided compartments (such as a plastic ice cube tray).
Part Location
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, remove the following:
• Battery  

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• Keyboard and RAM shield
• Memory card
• Bottom case
• Bottom shield
• DC-in board
• Top case
• Top shield
• Modem
• AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth card
• Display module
• Display rear housing
• Display clutch cover
• Display shield
• Display LCD panel
• Microphone cable
Procedure
1. From the bottom of the bezel brace, note the routing of the black and gray antenna 
cables.  

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 AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth Antenna Cables 2. Peel away the tape that bundles the antenna cables to the inverter cable. Remove the 
antenna cables from the tape. 

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3. Carefully lift up the black antenna cable from the guides along the left corner and left 
side of the bezel brace. Do not strain any cables.
4. Remove the two 3-mm long screws that secure the antenna receptor—with black  cable attached. 

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 AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth Antenna Cables 5. From the left side of the bezel, slide the antenna receptor toward the top of the bezel 
to release it from the bezel assembly.
6. From the bottom of the bezel, lift up the inverter cable where the mesh tab anchors the  gray antenna cable between the bezel brace and the inverter board. 

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7. Note how the gray cable is routed along the bottom of the inverter board, under the 
bezel brace, and around the corner by the corner tab. 
8. Remove the two strips of tape and the 4.5-mm long screw from the bottom of the bezel  brace.
9. To route the cable under the screw tab, press down on the bezel as you raise up the  bezel brace. Then slip the gray cable under the tab. 

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 AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth Antenna Cables 10. Loosen the gray cable from the cable guides at the right lower corner and up the right 
side of the bezel brace. 
11. From the right side of the bezel brace, remove the two 3-mm long screws that secure  the antenna receptor —with gray cable attached. 

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12. Slide the antenna receptor toward the top of the bezel to release it from the bezel 
assembly.
13. Install the replacement AirPort Extreme/Bluetooth antenna cable assembly, and  reassemble and test the computer.