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    Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

    Hey everyone. I went to turn on my 5+ year old Vizio, Model VW26L, yesterday and much to my chagrin, I received no picture! Upon closer evaluation I noticed that the orange bottom light would go off as it should when I pressed the power button to turn on the tv, but nothing would happen and after a few seconds the orange "off" light would return.

    Now it just so happens I have a full electronics bench at my disposal at work, but I do not normally work the floor (I'm the sales director, lol) and only have basic skills myself. I do have my brother's help, and he has repaired his XBOX360's and such... so really I guess I just need a direction.

    I assume the best first move is to open 'er up, see what's cookin'?

    If you all have any suggestions for how to diagnose the issue, or general ideas about what to check... it would be greatly appreciated. I think once we are pointed in the right direction it is only a (I hope very short) matter of time before I once again have a working tv.

    Thanks a million!!!


    Le Curious Goose
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    Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

    Originally posted by CuriousGoose View Post
    Now it just so happens I have a full electronics bench at my disposal at work,
    You might get a retiredcaps bonus point if you include a shot of the bench.

    I assume the best first move is to open 'er up, see what's cookin'?
    Post clear focused top down view pictures of all your boards following my sig file below exactly.

    If you all have any suggestions for how to diagnose the issue, or general ideas about what to check... it would be greatly appreciated.
    With the LED going on/off, you could have bad caps causing unstable power to the main board or you could have a bad voltage regulator. These two seem to pop up regularly on Vizio branded products.
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      #3
      Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...



      I shall get right on those photos, boards and benches! I also promise to not be a noob... I will use the attachment function instead of ridiculous 73rd party hosted site links. PROMISE!

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        #4
        Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

        Well, here is a picture of *one* of our benches... and some of the equipment I have at my disposal... now if I could only find my box for my TV so I could bring it in!

        Should have pics of the boards by weeks end!
        Attached Files

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          #5
          Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

          Originally posted by CuriousGoose View Post
          Well, here is a picture of *one* of our benches... and some of the equipment I have at my disposal... now if I could only find my box for my TV so I could bring it in!

          Should have pics of the boards by weeks end!
          thats a helluva bench!,lucky barsteward
          fixed so far...376 lg lcd tv's,24 onn tv;s,24 panasonic lcd,16 jvc lcd,12 marshall jcm800 amps,refurb of various disco equipment lighting,old style disco decks ,and a flymo!

          ----------------------------------------------
          please let us know if everything works ok if your tv gets fixed, as it will be and aid for anyone else having the same problem and wishing to fix it.it would save people clogging up this site with topics that are duplicated,and can be found easily using the search function.,and taking up valuable space.enjoy your fixed tv!,hopefully!

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            Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

            I just fixed one of these models too, the 3 10v caps (that are used to filters a 15v rail) go bad. Capxon (aka crapxon) is the worst brand of capacitors known to man. You should see them buldged and leaking when you open the set. Replace the 35v caps as well as theyre also crapxon, but are less likely to fail first before the 10v ones which were way to low rated to begin with for the application. (Replace with 16v or better)

            Your problem might be something else though, but i can pretty much guarantee you those caps will be bulged and leaking.

            https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16169 this thread shows the power supply, but covers a different issue.
            Fixed so far 12 lcd's , 1 plasmas, 5 monitors, 0 dlp's (plan to keep the dlps at 0). and 3 atx power supplies, and 2 motherboards.

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              #7
              Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

              @cashkennedy - THANK YOU!!! Life has not permitted me the time as of yet to open the beast up but these will be the first I check!!!

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                Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

                UPDATE!!!!

                IN FACT the 10v caps were all bulgy and gross... put them on order and should have them tomorrow (YAY MOUSER!) or Friday.

                Hopefully replacing all of those caps will fix it, if nothing else I shall post here after I finish knocking the Crapxon out of my set

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                  Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

                  I have the exact model with a somewhat similar issue - but upon opening up the TV; there are no bulging caps or leaking - everything looks great in there.

                  I turned it off one night and it has never turned back on.

                  1. Orange light is on and does not go off after hitting power button (tried remote too)
                  2. I tried to "reset" by unplugging - waiting 15 secs and plugging back in - when I did this the orange light would not come back on and TV was still dead.
                  3. Left unplugged overnight and when plugged back in the orange light came back but TV is still dead.

                  Any suggestions?

                  Thanks,

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                    #10
                    Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

                    What brand and series caps did you use?

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                      Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

                      Originally posted by CuriousGoose View Post
                      Well, here is a picture of *one* of our benches... and some of the equipment I have at my disposal... now if I could only find my box for my TV so I could bring it in!

                      Should have pics of the boards by weeks end!
                      I would love to have a bench like that. There needs to be a drooling emoticon. DROOL DROOL

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                        #12
                        Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

                        Nice workbench there Mulimeter! I see Ham radio and Heathkit items too. I used to two way radio .
                        I did not use it anymore. Kept Freq meter.Dispossessed of dummy load, SWR METER, deviation meter

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                          Re: Poor Old Vizio (VW26L) Died on Me...

                          i have this exact same issue..pulled it open to find a few bulging capacitors...now i have no idea how to fix it. is it worth it to repair it and hope it doesnt blow again or just get a newer set. my tv is about 4-5 years old

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