Dead Power Inverter on MacBook

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I am 22, stationed in Osan, South Korea with the USAF. Anyway, before I left the states my MacBook display stopped workin, initially I thought it was because it suffered a short slow descent to the ground when it slid between my bed and the wall but now I am relatively positive that its a defect. Unfortunately I had to open up the display to verify that which I did as a last resort when a rather snooty Apple Store employee said it wouldn't be covered and when I explained it was likely minor he said it was 750.00 to repair the LCD no matter what the problem was. You can still clearly see the LCD itself is fine, it just has no power. I opened it up and disconnected from the inverter and turned it on, same thing so now I am positive the inverter is dead. The question now is how can I get thi fixed? I'm sure apple won't fix it for me because of their stupid warranty clauses and I know it won't cost that much to fix. Where can i find an inverter for the display so I can swap it out? Please help!
Thanks,
Ryan Kenward

Hi Ryan!
To clarify on the inverter... are you not drawing backlight power to the LCD? What exactly is the LCD doing that leads you to believe it's the inverter?
http://www.ifixit.com/
I've directed people to that site for 3rd party out-of-warranty repair components, they might be able to assist you further. I wasn't able to find an inverter for the MacBook on their site right now but they may be able to assist you in obtaining one. I'd just make sure that's in the inverter, not the LVDS or something along those lines.

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