50" LG Plasma 50PC1DR Pinkish snow fixed!

[Glitcher]

Hey guys I just got this older LG plasma with those pesky IPMs. Once turned on there's a pinkish distortion but I can hear sound (this is on the TV input, see the photo).

I noticed if I change the input the screen goes black except for a wide vertical bar on the screen. If I press any buttons (menu, volume up down) the bar would change positions or get wider.

Opening up the TV I first expected a bad Y-sus or Z-sus. I found the usual one bad mosfet (FQB46N15) on the Y buffers. I gave it a shot just replacing it since I bought a bunch of extras from a previous repair. Put everything back on, plugged it in, expecting some smoke (or the mosfet to blow again) but turned it on and the TV is repaired and back normal!

I actually didn't expect to fix this one so easily, I was going to actually just replace the IPMs on the boards and resell only the boards. I probably might still just resell the boards since theres more profit in these boards then actually selling the whole working tv...

[capkid]

Re: 50" LG Plasma 50PC1DR Pinkish snow fixed!

Nice. Yeah, that looked like a bad buffer to me. It seems like a shame to strip this perfectly working TV, but you have to do what's best for you.

[Glitcher]

Re: 50" LG Plasma 50PC1DR Pinkish snow fixed!

Yeah still deciding if I could sell the tv itself, plus it has a bit of scratches on the glass screen so that can be a killer.. Its not noticeable at all when a picture is on but yeah you know how people can be.
I actually still have the main parts from a previous 50" vizio that ended up with a bad panel. I could also swap the panel from this lg to the vizio.

Which name would probably sell better though? 50" LG or 50" Vizio ?

[capkid]

Re: 50" LG Plasma 50PC1DR Pinkish snow fixed!

LG seems to be the more upscale of the two, especially in the plasma TV world.