Internal Display no longer recognized!
Hi all,
Fellow Pro user here. Would appreciate some from those knowledgable with hardware repair!
I have a late 2013 Macbook Pro 15 inch Retina. It's primary display is no longer recognized, and according to Apple Diagnostics it is suffering from error codes: VFD004, VFD005, and VFD001.
The internal display is currently not recognized, but it works perfectly on an external display. I've replaced the LVDS cable, and for 24 hours afterwards, the internal display functioned perfectly. However, it has now died again.
The display connector looked in suspiciously poor condition.
A new logic board costs 300+ and is a pain to fix. The cable is brand new, and clearly fine. But at the moment it's hard to ignore the connector itself as being the likely culprit.
Are there any other components I should consider, eg. display fuse?
Many thanks for any opinions. These machines are yet to be superseded in use value in my opinion, so I'd like to keep this one going without having to spend a fortune.
- Prior to the display not functioning, artifacts and flickering appeared occasionally on the display.
- The macbook would get unexpectedly hot.
- It has suffered no liquid damage, and there has not been any degradation of the display whatsoever.