42" Akai PDP42X2 Plasma help please!!!

[cumama]

I have a 42" akai plasma tv I am having trouble diagnosing. It has a weird problem when you power it up it has two bars one blue one red about 2inches wide apiece that go all the way down the left side of the screen. The Akai splash screen comes on then it searches for a input signal . Problem is the screen goes screwball turns red or colors are not what their supposed to be. If I grab the frame of the tv and very slightly give it a twist all is normal and the blue and red bars go away. But as soon as I release it it starts going screwball again. I thought maybe a loose ribbon cable or bad ground, but I cannot find anything wrong except two caps on the ysus board, 250wv 330uf , appear to be bulging a little on the tops and are spongy. Could this be my problem. I have included pics of what it looks like. The last pic is with the little tweak to frame. Sometimes when I power it up the red and blue bars come on the screen then they flash brighter and the whole screen turns black, then it doesn't matter how much I tweak it it does nothing. I am a newbie so please be patient with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[PlainBill]

Re: 42" Akai PDP42X2 Plasma help please!!!

Typically this is due to a bad X (vertical) driver. If the drivers are on a separate board it's repairable. If they are bonded to the ribbon cables at the bottom of the plasma panel, it's considered to be unrepairable. For what it's worth, this is an early LG panel.

PlainBill