possible purchase maxx tv

[Caleb]

Found this tv available pretty cheap, however I cant seem to find any info whatsoever on the manufacturer, suppose to be a plasma. Fault started with vertical lines that would come and go, then screen went black however still has sound and turns on and off normally.

[freakaftr8]

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Be careful could have a panel fault and a tfp ribbon ic on tje panel can shut dowb the va voltage.

[capkid]

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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing: Possible panel issue. Also, IMO, it's too obscure a brand to chase.

[johnboy1313]

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I'd avoid it as well.

[Caleb]

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Thanks thats kind of what I was thinking as well. Maybe I will offer to remove it for them since there is no documentation anywhere and it will likely be a difficult fix.

[Caleb]

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Well I ended up getting this tv yesterday, they decided they wanted rid of it more than they wanted paid for it. I opened it up this morning and it is all samsung internals. The panel is S50HW-XD02, I looked over at Electrotanya and didnt get any hits for a manual. I pulled a manual for a samsung hpn5039x that uses the same panel, but has no ysus schematic anyone know where a more complete SM might be located?. The fuse is open on the ysus but I suppose it could have failed from age as this tv was built in 2003.
Shop Jimmy says this is a BN96-00237A y-main

[ecking767]

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Well I ended up getting this tv yesterday, they decided they wanted rid of it more than they wanted paid for it. I opened it up this morning and it is all samsung internals. The panel is S50HW-XD02, I looked over at Electrotanya and didnt get any hits for a manual. I pulled a manual for a samsung hpn5039x that uses the same panel, but has no ysus schematic anyone know where a more complete SM might be located?. The fuse is open on the ysus but I suppose it could have failed from age as this tv was built in 2003.
Shop Jimmy says this is a BN96-00237A y-main

I got a hit from S50HW-XD02, on Electrotanya.

[Caleb]

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I did say I didnt get any hits, but that wasnt quite accurate, i did get a hit but it was for a phillips tv not a samsung.....But as it turns out I had a fuse of the correct rating, after pulling the ysus and bufer and testing for shorts (and not finding any) I pooped in a fuse and she fired right up.

[kc8adu]

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I pooped in a fuse and she fired right up.

its a samsung so watch out for y buffer failure.probably what popped the fuse.
will blow up ysus too.

[Caleb]

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Not sure what caused it to pop in the first place but I will test it out and hopefully it stays working. Its built like a tank and weighs almost as much.

[tom66]

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I don't think these suffer from such Y-buffer issues. Fuse is probably one for the 5V or 15V. Nice fix. These are well built sets.

[Caleb]

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Fuse was on the vs rail, but no shorts found. Ran it for about 3 hours today with no trouble so far. Top does get very warm I'm thinking a fan mod may be in order, although it apparently ran fine for 9 years so far without trouble. Too bad it doesn't have any hdmi. One other question for Tom or whomever may know, the 4 large caps on the power supply have bubbled plastic tops, but the caps underneath are flat would this be caused by the heat of the set ? Haven't seen them do that unless the cap underneath was bulging.

[shovenose]

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Does it have DVI? HDMI to DVI adapters are easy and cheap. Just a thought to make the TV slightly more useful

[Caleb]

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Yes it does have dvi as well as rgb inputs, as far as I can tell its only a 720 set. But can't say no to a free TV. I hadn't seen the HDMI to dvi adapters, just for resale everyone wants hdmi

[max1636]

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Even though the TV has my name in it I wouldn't bother unless I was getting it for free. Even then... maybe not.

[Dang]

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I love the easy ones, good find.

[tom66]

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Fuse was on the vs rail, but no shorts found. Ran it for about 3 hours today with no trouble so far. Top does get very warm I'm thinking a fan mod may be in order, although it apparently ran fine for 9 years so far without trouble. Too bad it doesn't have any hdmi. One other question for Tom or whomever may know, the 4 large caps on the power supply have bubbled plastic tops, but the caps underneath are flat would this be caused by the heat of the set ? Haven't seen them do that unless the cap underneath was bulging.

Yeah the plastic tops do bulge with heat... that's normal.

[kc8adu]

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push on the bubbled tops.
if they flatten out ok.
if hard they are bad.
you gotta put that poop in a fuse trick on youtube!

[Caleb]

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you gotta put that poop in a fuse trick on youtube!

I noticed that AFTER my edit window had expired

[freakaftr8]

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ANy signs of liquid intrusion, or alot of packed up dust blocking the vent holes?