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  • exdeath
    New Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 2

    #1

    Westinghouse LVM-37W3

    Pulled this out of storage, thought I'd check it out.

    Years ago while I was using this display on my PC, the screen started to do a left to right pixel fade to black and died. It looked like a controlled slow digital fade/wipe/transition effect. Screen never came back on.

    Logo lights up. Inputs switch, audio plays on the correct input, etc. Screen stays black and gets hot.

    I know that LCDs work such that a pixel being "off" is black, which means the LCD is actually on, hence the panel itself is working and getting hot because it's drawing the maximum current being all black.

    Previously I had taken it apart and looked at everything, no evidence of lack of power, backlights are working, no bad caps/fuses visible, all internal connections ok etc.

    Due to the way it went out, and that it seems to be working but the panel itself is not getting an image driving it, thus stays at the default state of "off" being all black. My guess here is the Auo LCD controller board:

    http://buy.id.ebay.com/buying/en/dis...W01-V2-LVM37W3

    Any suggestions? I don't have a scope or any ability to perform any detailed diagnostics unfortuneately. Suffice to say I know everything is getting power, but there doesn't appear to be anything driving the image to the panel, hence why I think the controller board is bad. This board appears to take a LVD serial signal from the main board and then drives the raw panel via 4 high density ribbon cables.

    The other option is the main logic board, where the BGA Genesis chip has signal pairs going straight to LCD controller cable.
    Last edited by exdeath; 04-18-2011, 09:45 PM.
  • PlainBill
    Badcaps Legend
    • Feb 2009
    • 7034
    • USA

    #2
    Re: Westinghouse LVM-37W3

    Originally posted by exdeath
    Any suggestions?
    Yeah. The symptoms seem to match a tcon (panel control card) dying. Since you have not deigned to provide pictures, I'm not sure why you expect us to be able to help you.

    PlainBill
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    • exdeath
      New Member
      • Apr 2011
      • 2

      #3
      Re: Westinghouse LVM-37W3

      Originally posted by PlainBill
      Yeah. The symptoms seem to match a tcon (panel control card) dying. Since you have not deigned to provide pictures, I'm not sure why you expect us to be able to help you.

      PlainBill
      Nothing to provide pictures of. The fade effect only happened one time years ago unexpectedly, the screen has never worked since, only displaying a backlit black image, and has been in pieces in storage.

      The panel controller and the main board for this display are both available for $25, guess I'll have to take my chances with one or both. Checked it over again last night, backlight working, power supply fine, just no image driving the display.

      I just can't be sure if the panel requires the controller to drive it black or not, meaning it's possibly the main board that has failed and is no longer driving the LVDS feed to the controller. I found the documentation along with the pinout and signal format and timing info the the controller board and the LVDS signal but no scope
      Last edited by exdeath; 04-19-2011, 09:05 AM.

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      • retiredcaps
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        • Apr 2010
        • 9271

        #4
        Re: Westinghouse LVM-37W3

        Originally posted by exdeath
        Nothing to provide pictures of.
        PlainBill means pictures of your TV boards (power, main, t-con, etc). Not a picture of the black screen.
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