HELP! Need tech help with Powerbook screen

[east3rdst]

Thanks for reading. Can someone point me in the right direction obtaining mac tech help (don't say apple.com). My Backlight isn't coming on. It just flashes once on the right side of the screen, and then just a really dimmed picture is visable. I'm pretty hands on with my apple repairs, I've torn it apart a couple times, down to it's components in order to fix hinges and the like, but I don't know if it's the backlight bulb, or the thing that tells the bulb to come on (inverter board, maybe). Any advice, or sites, or cheap parts would be great, as I'm broke, but depend on this beater powerbook for recording. Thanks, this board has always been priceless for help.

[lexicon5]

Try http://www.smalldog.com/ or http://shrevesystems.com/

[east3rdst]

thank you. I should also mention it's a G4 550

[Bhennies]

if you cant fix it, maybe hook it up to an external monitor at least for the meantime?