VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no picture

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

nah i really think it just cant do standby because of that mosfet not being able to switch. i left it with no signal for more than a few minutes and it didnt sleep. i put it all back together and its in my room on my desk.. i think its a little close though cause i can feel my face getting a tan

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

looks great though! got it for free thanks to the folks at badcaps (mostly budm) thanks BUD!

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

only junk thing is it can only do 1080i not 1080p and from what i hear, 1080i is not good for gaming?

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

hrmm.. wait a minute..it SAYS 1080p FULL HD all over it... but whenever i try to use a "p" resolution i get all kinds of artifacts...

[budm]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

We only bypass the MOSFET for powering the 12V to the T-CON, it does not affect the standby functions which is controlled by the processor.
I am not sure about 1080i/P problem.

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

ok yeah after using the TV for a while i notice it will go into standby after a while of not receiving any input (i swear sometimes it doesnt though)
also the 1080p seems to work now...i think it was just my graphics card.
the xbox 360 playing GTA5 on 1080p looks great .... not sure if its true 1080p tho cuz i heard most games are atually 720p upscaled or something...
so i think i have just one more question before i end this thread:

how much power am i wasting, and is there any risk to the TCON board for leaving it in standby still powered with 12v when it should be 0 ?

[budm]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

T-con uses about 2A, so it will be about 24W, but since you will turn the TV off anyway, then that will not matter unless you plan to leave the TV in STBY mode, I myself always turn off the TV when not in use.

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO V037L FHDTV20A powers up, backlight on, sound works, buttons work, no pict

ok cool. yeah i probably will just remember to turn it off everytime. i was just wondering for the in case i fall asleep or something
so i guess im all done with questions for this one. sure it would be nice one day to maybe fix it all the way but this is awesome for now.

ive moved on to trying to fix my next TV

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=37630

little help?