Re: Panasonic XYN3+F6FJ Screw kit

Time for an update.
I got the sd board back from being repaired. According to the repair guy he replaced 12 parts, Fets, 2BJTs, 2 ICs. As he said, "the usual stuff."

Anyway I waited for the screw set and slightly built the solder up where the screws were loose. It has been about three weeks now since it has been put back together and it is working perfectly. Probably should touch wood now.

The ribbon cables were a bit of a pain to get perfectly alligned but I persevered and it looks great. I am planning...

Re: Panasonic XYN3+F6FJ Screw kit

I will definitely be doing that tw2005. Hopefully you are right about them learning from their mistakes. Hopefully I learned from not paying attention to why the GT30 flashed purple on the top part of the display a couple of times before the 7 blinks of death showed up. If I had investigated what was going on and found this forum, I probably wouldn't be sending the SC board out for repairs. Ah well, live and learn.

Thanks for the reply tw2005.

I found this forum while looking into a 7 blink problem on my TC-P55GT30 tv.
Thanks to numerous posts about the problem in this forum I was able to narrow the problem down to the SC board and have sent it out for repair.

My question is about the updated screw kit from Panasonic. I am about to order a set for the TC-P55GT30 but am wondering about the TC-P50S60 that I also own. I have done a search on the P50S60 here and found no mention of the same problem that the P55GT30 has regarding the screws holding the boards to the tv. Also the tvs listed as needing the kit do not...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi all,

As my user name suggests, I found this forum after my 5 year old Panasonic Plasma greeted me with the seven blinks of death.
I am a diy guy and try to fix whatever breaks myself before either replacing or handing over to the specialists. I find forums like this are invaluable in getting the knowledge to attempt fixing things in a low cost way.

I live in a small town in Ontario Canada and enjoy mountain biking and golf in the summer and snowshoeing and skiing in the winter. Gotta stay...