X61S Ultralight Screen issues.

About a year ago, I spilled part of my after work beer on my x61s, while reaching for something at my desk.
I freaked out and flipped the laptop over to be sure that nothing would leak in through the keyboard. This was a HUGE mistake.

I took the laptop apart and there was virtually nothing except a rather small drop on the motherboard, I cleaned it up with alcohol, let it dry then booted it back up.

It booted up fine but liquid had worked it way into the LCD wreaking havoc on the layers between the pixels. The screen still light up fine and the laptop boots as perfectly. I removed the LCD screen and began the search for parts. It was a HUGE pain in the to find the ultra light screen. I bought some parts online after verifying that it was the correct part number and for the ultralight, and Impact Computers STILL managed to send me the incorrect panel in the mail. Took over 2 months to get my refund. So I decided ebay was the best place to purchase an LCD from because I could verify from pictures that FRU and P/N's are correct. So finally a year later I found the correct screen for under $400 (Thats right this 12.1" Ultralight is a friggin rip off!).

I got the new LCD today, but before installing it, decided to re-plug in the old screen to verify I was putting it back together correctly. The old screen's backlight no longer comes on. So I plugged in the new screen and I have the same problem!

So why would the power inverter suddenly be bad? Is it from running the laptop without the LCD plugged in? I haven't messed with the laptop in about 8 months so it's just been sitting in a laptop bag. I don't understand how the inverter could have gone bad? Tried to get a voltage reading with my Fluke and it's measuring under a volt.



CLIFFS:
Spilt Beer on screen.
Screen still lights up but looked funky on one side.
Purchased new screen after getting major run around.
New screen and old screen no longer light up (the back light they both display though when I hold a flashlight behind them)

So, what do I do now? I have spent a fortune and still do not have a working laptop? What do I do next? Buy a power inverter? Why would it have gone bad? New Cable? Why would that have gone bad? Need some direction I want my laptop fixed!

Thanks in advance!

 

it's either your LCD cable or inverter.   if you've used the system for this long without an LCD connected then you may have damaged the cable during that time.   given that you spilled beer on the screen, i would replace both the cable and inverter anyway even if the inverter is working correctly.