I inherited an Inspiron notebook with a nonworking screen. The LCD itself works, but backlight is dead. Tried replacing the CCFL lamp and also the inverter with no luck, so I am looking to see what I can do with it.

One problem is that the "lid" contains the antenna for the wireless networking. I am not sure exactly what that looks like. Is the antenna the large thin metal liner, or is that just some kind of heat sink? I know my wireless access point/router has a pretty conventional looking antenna on it. If I can separate the antenna from the lid, then the body of the notebook might be pretty convenient and discreet.

Well, still researching it off-and-on.