VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

[triplefour]

im still not entirely clear on how to tell if its bad panel or bad TCON but maybe someone here can help.

heres some pictures

1 and 2 show the effect covers the whole screen, including the menus, leading me to think its probably not the main board?

3: right side disconnected
4: left side disconnected , you can just barely make out a faint gray vertical bar on the left side of the screen. right side is completely black. i was expecting to see left side black, and distortion on the right side just like the opposite of picture 3, right?

what do we know?

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

dang i can only find one TCON on ebay and its 99$ ...what are they thinking???

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

How can I find out what other tcon would work with this panel? Is that even possible?

[topng]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

hi tray this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUO-T-Con-Bo...item3a972fa380

[topng]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

hi " triplefour " can you take a t-con pic
I think the link is ok

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

thanks, that is a lot cheaper, but they say they might not ship to US...
also, are we sure that i have a bad TCON and not bad panel or motherboard?

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

heres a pic of the TCON

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

how can i figure out what other TCON boards would be compatible with this panel and motherboard?


the panel says:
T315HW01 V.0

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

dang i guess i answered my own question, cause after typing that into ebay i found my TCON for only 19 bux! sweet deals. lets hope that's it!

[tom66]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

I'd be betting more on main board than T-con. T-con is still a possibility but failures like this are rarer.

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

besides buying a new tcon, what is a sure test to determine which it is?
so far all i know about testing motherboards is voltage regulators and fuses. i know the board has to get 12v and 5v from the psu, but im not sure what voltages should be on any of the other connectors... and i havent tested any of those yet but could a bad voltage regulator on the motherboard cause this problem?

[triplefour]

Re: VIZIO VOJ320F1A bad panel or bad tcon?

well the tcon came in today so of course i put it in. and it appears i was correct in guessing that it was a TCON problem causing the distortion of the screen but after that was cleared up, i noticed the tv ALSO has a thin black vertical line going down the left side of the screen just a few inches away from the edge.

when i flex the panel i can make it change some, but cant make it go away.

this is bad panel and there is nothing i can do...or so im led to believe by everything ive seen myself and here on this forum...

wouldnt mind trying something though, as with a bad panel im going to just part it out on ebay. no one will buy a 32 inch tv with a line going down the screen for more than 50 bux if at all...

anyone need parts??