LG 42LK450 Which Wire to Unplug Help

[truep]

Re: LG 42LK450 Which Wire to Unplug Help

First set the multimeter to 24V or higher. Then ground the black probe to a screw hole on the chassis. Check the 5 V pins first, and then the 3.3V on the connector. Sometimes you need to press really hard to get contact or use a safety pin to get into the connector tho make contact.

[mbosma]

Re: LG 42LK450 Which Wire to Unplug Help

We'll, I didn't get a reading again. Then pulled a dumb move and tried to check the voltage on the fuse, while plugged in. Popped the gfi in the garage, and blew the fuse. I'm in over my head and will bring it in before I do irreversible damage. Thanks for your assistance so far. I hate giving up without at least trying.

[newtothis]

Re: LG 42LK450 Which Wire to Unplug Help

O.K lets start from scratch here... Do not worry about the fuse, We have all done it at some point... If the fuse blew its a good thing as its stopped any major damage occurring.

Take a pic of your multimeter and upload it.

We will talk you through step by step of how to exactly test the outputs... If you are unsure then DO ask us!

I will and hopefully anybody else following this thread will take any pics you upload and highlight what you have to test as well as highlighting what your DMM has to be set to.

Right... you had a standby light... this means you had a 5v output... without this the standby light would not come on. The PSU (Power Supply Unit) will send 5v to the main board at all times... This is so the main board has the voltage ready for the standby function... when you press the power button the main board picks this voltage up and sends ~>2.5v to the PSU PS ON/OFF Pin telling it to switch on.

Do you understand this so far? If not then shout up any questions you have

Once the PSU has this signal the remaining voltages will become present... if any fault becomes present within ~ 3 seconds a signal is sent to the PSU to switch off.

So we start to troubleshoot....

Get the pic of your DMM and we shall start... ready?