Vizio E321VL - now power

[phil@philporter.com]

Vizio E320VL showing no signs of life. 14 pin connector on power supply not getting a reading on the 5 volt pins. Large capacitor showing around 168 volts. Smaller caps look fine, but is it worth replacing anyway?
I have a new eprom for the unit if anyone thinks that could be the culprit. Thanks for any help. Phil

[budm]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

If you do not even have standby Voltage then there is not much you can do until you fix the standby power supply section first.
Try running the power supply board by itself to see if you will get the standby Voltage.
If you search badcaps 'Vizio E320VL' you will see lots of threads on this model.

[phil@philporter.com]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Thanks Budm, sorry I've been away with some health issues. I've read through a lot of the threads on this model, but can't discern a solution. Shop Jimmy has a PS board for around $44. What are the prospects that I'll spend that much on parts and time to repair this board, if indeed it is the PS. I bought an eprom for this TV in case that might be a common Vizio problem, but haven't installed as it seems to be a PS problem. I will be donating this TVto someone (instead of it going into landfill). Thanks. Phil

[phil@philporter.com]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Budm or anyone, I found a "Stand-by repair kit" on ebay. Is this worth trying?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/E320VL-0500-...item2ee4bbf602

[jetadm123]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Try this thread:


https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ghlight=icp250

[budm]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Try this thread:


https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ghlight=icp250

Oh yeah, that was a long thread. How did you remember that one?

[jetadm123]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Oh yeah, that was a long thread. How did you remember that one?

Just followed your advice from post #2 and did a search for "Vizio E320VL no standby".

[budm]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Too many for me to read through each one, I try using the search with 'BUDM' in it also to narrow it down to what I post with regarding to the model number but still too many come up. May be I did not set the search parameter correctly.

[phil@philporter.com]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

I took a $20 gamble on the 5V repair kit. Looks like it fixed the problem. TV working great!
When taking the old parts off I found one part (C103 in photo) was burned on the side. Might have been the only problem but went ahead and replace two of the three other parts (didn't replace the fuse). Thanks for all your help.

[Pukehead]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Same TV same issue. C103 burnt. f601 no continuity. replaced C103 and F601 with a "NTE 5WD15". The 5WD15 i had to modify because it was axial. TV works fine now. total cost $1.50.

Thanks Badcaps guys.

[nomoresonys]

Re: Vizio E321VL - now power

Nice fix Pukehead.