http://www.designnews.com/article/CA473494.html

http://www.ergpower.com/pdf30/confer.pdf

I don't know of a good way to test the inverter. Using a meter is too dangerous. If the inverter is trying to start the lamp then the voltage could be as high as 2000 voltage with very narrow pulse width (which a meter couldn't measure anyway). When operating the voltage is around 1000Vp-p at 30-50kHz. This is very difficult to measure and most meters only go up to 750VAC for low frequency AC and must be derated with frequency.

The way I test the backlight inverters is the hold a scope probe NEAR the output leads. If you see 30-50kHz noise on the scope at approximately 1-10V (dependend on distance) then it's working. DO NOT TOUCH THE SCOPE PROBE TO THE INVERTERS OUTPUT. It will damage the scope, probe and possibly give you a nice high voltage RF burn (very painful)

There are places that repair CCFL backlight inverters. I came across one a while ago on the net. Their warranties are really really short though.

http://www.lcdrepair.net/

http://www.idparts.com/repairs.html
http://www.lcd-inverter-repair.netfirms.com/
http://www.dim-lcd-display-inverter.surfvp.com/
http://www.man-machine.com/lcdrepar.htm
http://laptops.home.att.net/lcd-repair.htm