Broken backlight - any repair guides out there?

Hi. Backlight is broken on my 12" G4 Powerbook. I can barely make out what's on the screen, but it appears fully functional.
What to do? I found that it can be the display inverter, and found a such on pbfixit.com. Can it be anything else?
I'll try and repair it myself, so if anyone have experience in doing so, I'd like to hear about it. I guess that I'll have to remove the LCD from the powerbook, and then open the LCD and replace the display inverter - but I'm just guessing and would like confirmation.
Getting it repaired at an Apple shop is not an option, too pricy and I expect new Intel Pb's to be around the corner.
Any tips greatly appreciated.
Morten

I think this is what you need: http://www.pbparts.com/shop/a123i.html
It bothers me, that I have not been able to find confirmation that the above part is different from the one used in my (1GHz) 12" Powerbook - http://www.pbparts.com/shop/a12di.html
If they're the same for the 1GHz, 1.33GHz and 1.5GHz models, you don't risk anything buy buying one off of ebay for $50 less. For example: http://cgi.ebay.com/LCD-Backlight-Inverter-for-Aluminum-12-Powerbook_W0QQitemZ58 64981242QQcategoryZ14909QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I've tried getting in contact with the seller on what model the inverter is for, but reply. I'll buy one from pbparts.com.
Best of luck.
Morten

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2964                                         /* space is unlocked */
2965
2966                                         if (kr == KERN_RESOURCE_SHORTAGE) {
2967                                                 printf("ipc_kmsg_copyout_header: can't grow kernel ipc space\n");
2968                                                 return (MACH_RCV_HEADER_ERROR|
2969                                                         MACH_MSG_IPC_KERNEL);
2970                                         } else {
2971                                                 printf("ipc_kmsg_copyout_header: can't grow user ipc space\n");
2972                                                 return (MACH_RCV_HEADER_ERROR|
2973                                                         MACH_MSG_IPC_SPACE);
2974                                         }
2975                                 }
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659                 /* No room in IPC name space for another capability name. */
720 #define MACH_RCV_HEADER_ERROR           0x1000400b
721                 /* Error receiving message header. See special bits. */
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