Step one, remove the battery.

Remove a bunch of screws and remove the top case (the keyboard/trackpad).

Here is the top case.

Inside the case.

Hard drive removed.

Man at work.

The LCD backlight inverter board. I initially thought this was defective, but this turned out not to be the case.

The spot where the backlight inverter would have gone.

One method I used to keep track of screws. Ultimately replaced this with pill organizers - best decision ever.

I had reassembled everything and the display still did not work. Further online research pointed to a possible issue with the LCD backlight itself. So I returned the inverter, and ordered a replacement LCD panel. Here you see the old LCD panel still installed in the lid.

Right side hinge with display data cable, microphone cable, etc wrapped around it.

Left and right bottom display bezels.

Right side of the display. Those grey plastic clips are a pain to work with! Airport antenna cables routed around the right side of the display.

Left side of the display. Microphone cable routed around the left side.

Display data table and iSight cable removed from the old panel.

Old panel removed from the mounting brackets.

Mounting brackets awaiting a new display.

New display in its very-well-packed box.

New display.

From iFixit.com!

New display unwrapped.

Reinstalling the display with my favorite tiny screwdriver.

Display and bezels reinstalled! The clutch cover (the things the cables are sticking out of) was the most difficult thing to get back on.

Innards of the machine before putting things back together. DVD and hard drives are removed from the right hand side, battery is removed from the bottom left.

Fully reassembled! The screen worked, but apparently the fan no longer works, so that's an upcoming repair. Stay tuned...