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    Westinghouse LTV-40w1

    I couldn't find a thread started for this TV so, here we go. It's my turn again to get some guidance in this repair. I fixed about two TV's within the last year. It's been slowing down for me.

    OK, this set turns on with backlights right away and they never drop out throughout the whole time. The small box saying "No Signal" is blinking at first with a noticeable scream from the power supply. Also, the box is a little distorted while it's phasing on and off at a fast rate. Again, the picture comes and goes at a fast rate but the backlights are solid on.

    Anyways... I allowed this set to be left on for a while and as it warmed up, the screaming change to a chirping and then to a silence with no picture but still backlights on full. The remote works just for the Power button. This may be that the information is not being processed and sent to the screen or whatever. I am questioning the video processing board (mainboard) at this time.

    I checked the power board and jumped the PS_On with the 5VSB to check all output voltages. All were as solid as I would hope for. The power supply was nice and quiet while during this time - not loaded down from anything else.
    I just started working on this set tonight and I'll get back to it tomorrow.

    I checked voltages on regulator on the main board, they are ok. I have not pulled the caps off of the main board yet. That's my next move.

    Any other suggestions?
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    The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals,the weak-minded BECOME HATERS


    #2
    Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

    Well, I unplugged the main board, powered up the unit, and proceeded to methodically plug in connectors. As stated before, the power supply screams only when plugged into the main board. There only one connector that makes this happen. I have to doctor up a pic or two to show which one.

    Ok, just added pics. I marked them with a red box. Only 3 wires are being used. It looks like two 24V and one ground.

    One thing that I noticed, just probing voltages, In the one closeup picture of the connector on the mainboard, the input voltage of that AIC 1084-25PM drops off noticeably while the screaming is dropping in tone. It was up as high as 5.3 volts but then drops off to about 3 something. I'm not questioning that part right now only because it is the input that is dropping.
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    The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals,the weak-minded BECOME HATERS

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      #3
      Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

      So the 24V is fed into that 4-pin connector on the main board? The big resistor R2065 is also connected to the 24V? It looks like it is being used as a voltage drop resistor to feed that IC AIC 2.5V 5A LDO.
      If they are using 24V as the supply and regulated down to 2.5V 5A, that is really bad design.
      Attached Files
      Never stop learning
      Basic LCD TV and Monitor troubleshooting guides.
      http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...956#post305956

      Voltage Regulator (LDO) testing:
      http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...999#post300999

      Inverter testing using old CFL:
      http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...er+testing+cfl

      Tear down pictures : Hit the ">" Show Albums and stories" on the left side
      http://s807.photobucket.com/user/budm/library/

      TV Factory reset codes listing:
      http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24809

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        #4
        Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

        The input voltage to a regulator should be +3v over output, so as budm said it is a 2.5v reg, it should have 5.5v or more on the input to work properly. Im curious if the resistor has gone up in value, I would verify it is still in spec.
        Last edited by Caleb; 06-06-2014, 09:25 AM.
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          #5
          Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

          OK... I had more time to get into this today. There were NINE bad 470uF 16V Taicon caps on the main board. As I said before, the power board was solid but this one had these bastards all over. NONE WERE VISIBLY BAD. Doing this one sucked due to the very tiny hole/pads AND I had to break out the butane Iron due to the higher temp needed for the solder on this board. All is well and I'm putting her back together.

          Buying this was a pretty nice score at $40. Somehow, I didn't realize that It had a built in DVD player in the front. It works as well as it should.

          Now....If I resell this....What price should I list on CL for a 40 inch with built in DVD?? Stand and remote all included of course
          The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals,the weak-minded BECOME HATERS

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            #6
            Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

            So those caps are bad due to high ESR or due to bad capacitance value?
            Never stop learning
            Basic LCD TV and Monitor troubleshooting guides.
            http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...956#post305956

            Voltage Regulator (LDO) testing:
            http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...999#post300999

            Inverter testing using old CFL:
            http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...er+testing+cfl

            Tear down pictures : Hit the ">" Show Albums and stories" on the left side
            http://s807.photobucket.com/user/budm/library/

            TV Factory reset codes listing:
            http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24809

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              #7
              Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

              A little flux and a bit of 60/40 goes a long way to getting those newer components off the board easily. Glad it was such a simple fix.
              Liberating magic smoke one part at a time

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                #8
                Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

                Had to be an ex issue once again. I don't have an esr meter but most of the 470's were reading about 67uF.
                The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals,the weak-minded BECOME HATERS

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                  #9
                  Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

                  Thanks for the info and the repair follow-up. BTW, how is the voltage on that 2.5V 5A regulator?
                  Never stop learning
                  Basic LCD TV and Monitor troubleshooting guides.
                  http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...956#post305956

                  Voltage Regulator (LDO) testing:
                  http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...999#post300999

                  Inverter testing using old CFL:
                  http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthr...er+testing+cfl

                  Tear down pictures : Hit the ">" Show Albums and stories" on the left side
                  http://s807.photobucket.com/user/budm/library/

                  TV Factory reset codes listing:
                  http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24809

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                    #10
                    Re: Westinghouse LTV-40w1

                    Originally posted by Dgtech View Post
                    Had to be an ex issue once again. I don't have an esr meter but most of the 470's were reading about 67uF.


                    I meant to say "Had to be an esr issue once again. I don't have an esr meter but most of the 470's were reading about 67uF". My spell check on my phone instant switched ESR to EX. LOL.

                    The regulators and all work fine. No more screaming from the power supply. Now I'm working on a Sanyo 42 inch I got yesterday.

                    Just to be consistent, here are the caps that were changed. All were 470uF 16V caps that were swapped with 470uF 25V.

                    c210
                    c2003
                    c2040
                    c2001
                    c2008
                    c2038
                    c2014
                    c2015
                    c2049

                    This wasn't a recap for the heck of it, ALL OF THESE WERE BAD. None were visually bad.
                    The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals,the weak-minded BECOME HATERS

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