Macbook display problems

Hi
I have a macbook that was given the ol beer in the keyboard treatment and went dark with a ghost image, before I bought it, leading me to believe that it was the inverter board had blown, I bought one online and replaced it but to no avail. The previous owner obviously had very little knowledge as they left a few screws out on reassembly but I don't think they should matter a lot. I could of course use it with an external monitor but kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop. So would like to get the display working without having to buy a new display. I cannot seem to find out if it is possible to replace the backlight, if this is the problem, or to find one for sale online, even on the excellent ifixit site. It is a 2Ghz intel core 2 duo.
If anyone has any ideas I would be very grateful,
Thanking you,
Connor

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fullmetalross/2218002930/
This one looks like Jesus. Say that is is, sell it on eBay, make a fortune, buy a new MacBook Pro
Other than that, I would recommend taking it in for service again. If you've already had so much replaced, see if they will just swap out the machine for you.

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It is not ridiculous. These machines are designed to run in a certain spec which have been clearly published, and if you want to run them in the middle of a heat wave outside with 100% relative humidity, you could cause all sorts of problems to happen. If you don't like those conditions, get a computer designed to run in a heat wave. There aren't many that will take that sort of heat.
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