Hi,
First post here. what brilliant forum!! Turned on the TV yesterday, had sound, no picture. This had happened a couple of times in the past, but the picture had allways come back after fully unplugging the TV. yesterday the picture didnt come back. Some googling pointed me in the direction of this forum, and from reading this forum I was able to diagnose that the backlight is not coming on for whatever reason. Some more googling suggested that the inverter boards (one master, one slave) can give problems on this particular model TV with modification kits available. I took the boards off the TV and had a good look at them, and it looks like 3 of the four caps are bulging. (im waiting on my camera to charge before posting pictures) Could this be the cause of the problem? They are samwah caps. I can order good quality replacements handy enough, so im going to start with replacing these before trying anything else. Ill keep this thread up to date.
repair kits seem readily available, but given my limited soldering experience id like to try the caps first as they look easiest!!
Ive not done anything like this before, so any help would be appreciated!! Im based in Ireland, with 220 v mains. I also bought a new TV yesterday, so am not in any rush to resolve this, but it would be nice to fix it up and have it in the den!!
Thanks for looking,
Lenny
First post here. what brilliant forum!! Turned on the TV yesterday, had sound, no picture. This had happened a couple of times in the past, but the picture had allways come back after fully unplugging the TV. yesterday the picture didnt come back. Some googling pointed me in the direction of this forum, and from reading this forum I was able to diagnose that the backlight is not coming on for whatever reason. Some more googling suggested that the inverter boards (one master, one slave) can give problems on this particular model TV with modification kits available. I took the boards off the TV and had a good look at them, and it looks like 3 of the four caps are bulging. (im waiting on my camera to charge before posting pictures) Could this be the cause of the problem? They are samwah caps. I can order good quality replacements handy enough, so im going to start with replacing these before trying anything else. Ill keep this thread up to date.
repair kits seem readily available, but given my limited soldering experience id like to try the caps first as they look easiest!!
Ive not done anything like this before, so any help would be appreciated!! Im based in Ireland, with 220 v mains. I also bought a new TV yesterday, so am not in any rush to resolve this, but it would be nice to fix it up and have it in the den!!
Thanks for looking,
Lenny
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