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    55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

    Client asked me to take a look at a plasma they have. Wasn't able to turn up much searching the web and thought one of you would have a better idea.
    They offered to drop if off my house to work on, but want to see if its even worth fixing before going through the trouble.
    Screen shows "colored snow" that you can still make out some text on the screen. Hooked up vga and put on PC's bios screen. The menu is barely visible.
    Attached some pictures for review. Has anyone seen something similar?
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    #2
    Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

    All of the newer Hitachi tvs I have worked on were Panasonics.

    Some older units were fujitsu pioneer.

    Need a picture of the boards (back removed).

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      #3
      Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

      i had a simular issue with a lg plasma and it ended up bieng a shorted transistor on the buffer board. Id start there on this set if it has them. aso check transistors ont he sustain boards( suspect ysustain)

      i happen to have a 55" fujitsu with a cooked power supply. If you need a board and mines the same, i could make you a good deal on them as i dont plan on attampting to repair this particular set.

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        #4
        Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

        Originally posted by digitalstone View Post
        client asked me to take a look at a plasma they have. Wasn't able to turn up much searching the web and thought one of you would have a better idea.
        They offered to drop if off my house to work on, but want to see if its even worth fixing before going through the trouble.
        Screen shows "colored snow" that you can still make out some text on the screen. Hooked up vga and put on pc's bios screen. The menu is barely visible.
        Attached some pictures for review. Has anyone seen something similar?
        ysus
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          #5
          Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

          Originally posted by cadillacman View Post
          i had a simular issue with a lg plasma and it ended up bieng a shorted transistor on the buffer board. Id start there on this set if it has them. aso check transistors ont he sustain boards( suspect ysustain)

          i happen to have a 55" fujitsu with a cooked power supply. If you need a board and mines the same, i could make you a good deal on them as i dont plan on attampting to repair this particular set.
          Thank you for the advice. Didn't want to tell the guy I could repair it and then not be able to follow through.

          Will post some picks and details of the boards.

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            #6
            Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

            Originally posted by Village Electronics View Post
            ysus
            Missed your post this morning.

            Thank You for that. WOW you guys are good. All from a couple of pics.
            That looks about right.

            On these models do you think it best to just swap out the entire board?

            ie. if its a couple of bad caps and transistors will the rest of the components
            hold out once their replaced?

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              #7
              Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

              From what i've seen so far plasmas are always board level repairs, except the power supplies maybe.
              Originally posted by PeteS in CA
              Remember that by the time consequences of a short-sighted decision are experienced, the idiot who made the bad decision may have already been promoted or moved on to a better job at another company.
              A working TV? How boring!

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                #8
                Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

                yeah it just all depends really.. if you can't get a board, well then board level repair is your only option. Im about at a 50/50 success rate with board level issues like this. Sometimes its something nice and simple, sometimes you dump $50 worth of parts at the board and it still doesent work. Its just the nature of the beast in afraid.

                anything older then 06 ish is usually more headache than its worth( case in point the 55 inch fujitsu i have with smoked power supply, 48" gateway(chumbwumba set) with cooked power aupply, the proview 48" plasma with a bad zsus that i fix and more problems pop up(also a cumpbuwumba set), etc....

                btw i know chumbwumba is incorrect lol thats just what i nickname them. chepa korean krap lol there ya go.


                post some good pics of the ysustain board and buffer boards. we can give you an idea of where to look for issues that way..
                Last edited by cadillacman; 05-07-2011, 06:16 PM.

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                  #9
                  Re: 55HDX61M Hitachi Plasma | Colored Snow

                  Ordered the board from shopjimmy.com. About $115 with S&H.
                  Put it in today, powered it up and its Alive!

                  Board didn't look new. Never ordered from them before but it wasn't in horrible shape. 180 day warranty so have to see.

                  Made my client very happy. Appreciate the advice. Still pretty impressed you guys nailed it from just a picture of the screen.

                  Thank you all for the help.

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