G41 LCD flickers then goes dark

My G41 LCD began acting up yesterday. For what it's worth, the LCD would turn back on for a few minutes after closing and opening the lid, then flicker and go dark. As I had trouble shot a bad NVIDEA card a couple of months ago, I decided to check for loose connections in the LCD cable and get the FRU number from the inverter card. After reseating the cable, before putting all the access covers back on I powered it on. It came up fine for about 15 minutes and while I was looking at it a snap and puff of smoke came from the inverter card and the machine powered down. I pulled the cable from the NVIDEA card and it works fine with an external monitor. I know I need an inverter card. Does that sound like all I need?
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If you're lucky, yes....
Should the machine blow another inverter, you may have to replace the backlight as well...
Good luck and keep us posted.
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