Sony KDL-40EX503 bad panel?

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  • PowerAmpFreak
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2010
    • 982
    • Sweden

    #1

    Sony KDL-40EX503 bad panel?

    Hi all.
    I need you to help me diagnose this one.
    Bad panel?
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  • freakaftr8
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2012
    • 3743
    • USA

    #2
    Re: Sony KDL-40EX503 bad panel?

    That's a crap shoot. The complete green band looks almost like a tcon problem. Also the band looks to be extremely wide to be one tape carrier bond out. Looks like two bonds are not active. The chance of two out at the same area are rare. I'm going to say tcon. Lets see what others say.

    Edit: I looked closely at the picture and it looks like the ribbon on the far right is only producing half the image. So that makes me more likely to say tcon. Slight chance it could be a faulty connection on the ribbons going to the panel. You could try reseating them.
    Last edited by freakaftr8; 01-19-2015, 10:44 AM.
    Did I leave the soldering iron on?

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    • PowerAmpFreak
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Feb 2010
      • 982
      • Sweden

      #3
      Re: Sony KDL-40EX503 bad panel?

      Hello.
      I was so lucky finding another T-con of the same model. And it appeared the T-con was at fault. Thanx!

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      • freakaftr8
        Badcaps Legend
        • Oct 2012
        • 3743
        • USA

        #4
        Re: Sony KDL-40EX503 bad panel?

        Good to hear
        Did I leave the soldering iron on?

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        • tom66
          EVs Rule
          • Apr 2011
          • 32560
          • UK

          #5
          Re: Sony KDL-40EX503 bad panel?

          Wow, very surprised. I would have said panel any day of the week. Good fix!
          Please do not PM me with questions! Questions via PM will not be answered. Post on the forums instead!
          For service manual, schematic, boardview (board view), datasheet, cad - use our search.

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