Re: Hitachi 42PD6600

Thanks for the reply. I know I should be putting up pics but I don't have a camera capable of getting a clear enough pic. Unfortunately this tv isn't worth investing much more money in so I'm reluctant to buy a camera just for this. I'll see if I can borrow one in the next day or two and get some pics up. When you refer to the control board would that be what is also known as the logic board? I'm convinced there must be something that can "blow" on the main board to protect the circuitry on there but I can't see what. I'm used to fuses being labelled...

Hi all,
Just received one of the above plasmas with the usual "no power" fault. Found R003 and Q201 faulty so replaced both resistors and the 2 commonly faulty transistors (R003, R005, Q201 and Q220) but as soon as I plugged it in R003 went pop again. Checked transistors again and found Q201 had shorted. Had a bit of a dig around the psu board and found another transistor Q101 also shorted so this time I replaced that one too. Plugged back in and same thing happened. At this point I got fed up of soldering and bought another board.

Fitted the new board today and...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi all, I'm pretty new to this component level repair stuff so please be gentle!

a car mechanic for over 20 years, I have a basic knowledge of how a multimeter and soldering iron works. Beyond that, I'm gonna need training please.