Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

[vizionoob]

Hello everyone!

I have had this Vizio for a while now, but I haven't been using it for almost a year? When I first got the TV, it was working fine, a few months in and I started seeing a blue vertical line at about 1/4 of the screen. I did nothing about it though, I even had warranty then... Some months later, way after the warranty, the screen is now in the condition that it is now.

There is no sound indication, I have tried to check with my computer and cable, but nothing. The screen starts off grey and then slowly changes to blue, but when I hit the menu button on the side, the top right corner changes green, at what seems to be the default channel indicator, such as AV/HDMI. After that, it just turns blue and has some vertical lines in the center and one on the left. The far left vertical line is the one that first showed up a while ago.

I have opened the TV up and taken some pictures, hopefully of some good quality. I have checked to see if any of the capacitors have gone bad, but I couldn't find any. I don't know what it can be.

Let me know if you need a better picture of a certain location on the TV.

I also took a video of the TV as I turn it on, I AM SORRY ABOUT THE QUALITY, my upload speed is not fast and I did not want to upload a video that was going to take a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcwDT...ature=youtu.be

[budm]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

It looks like bad panel to me.

[vizionoob]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

It looks like bad panel to me.

I removed the white strip from the mobo and when I turn it on, the screen is white. I'm sure you know which white strip, but if not, it's the one visible in images 3 and 4.

[vizionoob]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

Actually, I think it may be that strip? I removed it and my screen turns white, no color distortion or anything like that, just white, which I then figure that it can't be the panel? I put back the strip and turned it on, the picture was a little bit clearer and I could actually see the top right of the screen where it says what channel it's on, a few seconds later, a blue pop up showed up saying, "No signal," the message was clear as day, but then it froze...


Could it be that strip?

[budm]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

That is the LVDS cable which supply the signals and power to the T-CON board on the LCD panel assembly, when you remove that cable, the T-CON will not have power to drive the LCD, that is why the screen is just glow.

[vizionoob]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

Well, I ended up removing the glue/tape that was on the cable, which had folded two corners. I removed it and turned on the TV and it worked. It was the cable all this time... For now, I will leave it as is, but if the problem comes back or something else, I will buy a new cable and go from there.

[vizionoob]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

You think I could get redirected to a site that sells the LVDS cable? I've been searching and I cannot find any, I also checked some stores around town and nothing.

This is what it says on the ribbon:

P-TWO AWM 20696 E221612 80C 30V VW-1

[tom66]

Re: Vizio VA26LHDTV10T

I've had this effect on some Chimei V260B1 panels. Different TV but fix may still apply:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMo3NBGLwH0