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  • IRace93
    Resorceful Nub!
    • Dec 2011
    • 44
    #1

    Element ELCHW261 White screen

    Picked up a chepo Element ELCHW216 26" LCD and if I can save it I wanna use it as a Second Monitor!

    It powers up but goes just to white screen. removed the back and there dosent appear to be any suspect caps jumping out at me or any traces of heat on any of the boards the one fuse tests good. I cant verify sound I did hook the hdmi up and attempt to scroll the sorce button but cant tell what input I am on???

    any Ideas on what to look at first?

    I assume this is a shared board with other Cheapo Tvs??

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    Last edited by IRace93; 12-22-2011, 12:29 AM.
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    • retiredcaps
      Badcaps Legend
      • Apr 2010
      • 9271
      #2
      Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

      Sometimes these LCDs have a t-con (timing control) board. From the logic/main board, follow the cable upwards toward top of the LCD. Sometimes the t-con is underneath metal shielding.

      On t-con, there may be a SMD fuse and it could be open.

      If this LCD doesn't have a t-con, then there will be a panel board that runs the entire length of the TV. On that panel board, there may be a fuse as well.

      PS. In the future, we generally want pics as close to 2000x2000 as possible. 640x480 is too small to see any detail.

      Also, we want an overall backside picture of the entire TV so we know how the boards are connected and their relationship to each other. Then we want a close up of each individual board.
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        • IRace93
          Resorceful Nub!
          • Dec 2011
          • 44
          #3
          Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

          sorry i really dont know how run my camera to its potential!

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            • IRace93
              Resorceful Nub!
              • Dec 2011
              • 44
              #4
              Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

              Anyone???

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                • PlainBill
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 7034
                  • USA
                  #5
                  Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                  I was waiting for you to report on the results of following retiredcaps advice.

                  PlainBill
                  For a number of reasons, both health and personal, I will no longer be active on this board. Any PMs asking for assistance will be ignored.

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                    • IRace93
                      Resorceful Nub!
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 44
                      #6
                      Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                      well I dont see a sepate board at the top of the TV? is it on the Green board under the metal sheild? or are you talking about where that black cable with the colored wires runs to the top of the set? theres a Tiny board up in there?
                      Last edited by IRace93; 12-23-2011, 10:52 AM.

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                        • tom66
                          EVs Rule
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 32560
                          • UK
                          #7
                          Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                          Originally posted by IRace93
                          well I dont see a sepate board at the top of the TV? is it on the Green board under the metal sheild? or are you talking about where that black cable with the colored wires runs to the top of the set? theres a Tiny board up in there?
                          That may be the board in question. It's usually bigger than a tiny board though as it has logic on it for decoding LVDS signals and providing the correct signals to the LCD panel. Are you sure you aren't missing it? Could be hidden under some shielding etc...
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                            • walking
                              Member
                              • Jun 2012
                              • 28
                              • usa
                              #8
                              Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                              I've "repaired" two of these with white screens. Both had loose cables @ the screen from the mainboard. Got them from a big box store returns liquidation auction for $20 for 3 of them. I have another with white screen but the cables are fine and continuous...so tracing away at it.

                              See pic, other end of circled cable was loose on two machines.
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                                • squachy
                                  Member
                                  • Jul 2012
                                  • 12
                                  • USA
                                  #9
                                  Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                                  Originally posted by walking
                                  I've "repaired" two of these with white screens. Both had loose cables @ the screen from the mainboard. Got them from a big box store returns liquidation auction for $20 for 3 of them. I have another with white screen but the cables are fine and continuous...so tracing away at it.
                                  How do you know if it is loose, and then if it is how do you tighten it back up so it functions properly?

                                  I am new to electronics so I am really wanting to learn and am having this issue as well.

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                                    • killian6pk
                                      Badcaps Veteran
                                      • Apr 2010
                                      • 502
                                      • USA
                                      #10
                                      Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                                      Originally posted by squachy
                                      How do you know if it is loose, and then if it is how do you tighten it back up so it functions properly?

                                      I am new to electronics so I am really wanting to learn and am having this issue as well.
                                      What he was talking about was not loose so much as not pushed in all the way. Be careful when pushing it in, support the underside of the board with your other hand. Circuit boards if flexed too much can break or traces can break. If this does not fix your tv then start a new thread (on the main troubleshooting page) and take good, focused top down pictures of all of your boards front and back. Also take one picture of all of your boards hooked together (how it looked when you first took the back off). The pictures need to be as close as possible to 2000 x 2000 dpi, but not exceeding that. We want to be able to see the writing on the boards.
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                                        • squachy
                                          Member
                                          • Jul 2012
                                          • 12
                                          • USA
                                          #11
                                          Re: Element ELCHW261 White screen

                                          Maybe these pictures will help (They are large on my computer. I'm not sure how they will translate)

                                          When pushing it back in, is it more of a downward push like towards the bottom of the tv? or inward towards the screen?
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