Hello all.
This is my first post here.
I've been lurking this forum off and on for a while. This site helped me fix a samsung LCD monitor in the past. THANKS BADCAPS!! Anyway, I have a Philips Plasma 42PF7320 that I picked up for next to nothing and I assumed that it was the same problem as many others have experienced because the previous owner told me it comes on for a few minutes then shuts off, red light... etc. In my head I thought, "bad caps on the power supply board."
Well, I got the back off the TV last night and all the caps on the entire TV look fine (I know that doesn't mean they are) but I haven't had a chance to check any of them with a meter. Thank you again fellas for the link to the service manual. This should help me out quite a bit.
I am not much of an electronics troubleshooter, but I know basic electronics, how to solder, etc. If replacing the caps on the power supply board doesn't fix the problem, what is my next general step in troubleshooting? Keep in mind I'm poor, so just throwing (multiple) boards at the problem isn't something I can afford to do.
Thanks in advance for any help you fine folks can give me.
This is my first post here.
I've been lurking this forum off and on for a while. This site helped me fix a samsung LCD monitor in the past. THANKS BADCAPS!! Anyway, I have a Philips Plasma 42PF7320 that I picked up for next to nothing and I assumed that it was the same problem as many others have experienced because the previous owner told me it comes on for a few minutes then shuts off, red light... etc. In my head I thought, "bad caps on the power supply board."
Well, I got the back off the TV last night and all the caps on the entire TV look fine (I know that doesn't mean they are) but I haven't had a chance to check any of them with a meter. Thank you again fellas for the link to the service manual. This should help me out quite a bit.
I am not much of an electronics troubleshooter, but I know basic electronics, how to solder, etc. If replacing the caps on the power supply board doesn't fix the problem, what is my next general step in troubleshooting? Keep in mind I'm poor, so just throwing (multiple) boards at the problem isn't something I can afford to do.
Thanks in advance for any help you fine folks can give me.

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