Re: lenovo t430 no backlight

Another old thread revival here, just thanking dj_ricoh. Those photos really made it easy to find the component and for me to fix this laptop.
FWIW, I did the solder bridge because I'm not at all convinced that it's actually any worse than using the wire from the inside of a glass fuse, and seeing as the board is $50 on eBay, I couldn't justify paying Mouser almost $10 (shipped) for a pinhead sized fuse that I wouldn't even be certain would work.

Using a needle, I painted the top of the fuse with flux. Then I heated my iron with a...