Re: vizio m601d-a3r panel or tcon failure

For posterity, I was able to get things working again with the tab trick! Here's the steps for anyone that stumbles on this in the future:

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Re: Vizio M60-C3: no picture, backlight works.

It's ALIVE!!!!!!!! Removed all four tabs from the broken side and it lives. Thanks for all the trailblazers here that figured out solutions.

This TV was a bit more difficult to get to the tabs than the 70" models, but the solution works. For posterity, here are the steps:

1. Snap the plastic black back housing off, there will be a bunch of clips around the edge. I had to get a screwdriver in between the black part and the silver part to disengage the clips.

2. Detach the IR and power...

Re: Vizio M60-C3: no picture, backlight works.

OK, I've got my 60" Vizio M601d-a3r down to the panel with the bezel off. This particular model has 4 interconnects up each side, I believe the broken IC is the second from the bottom on the left. Do I need to remove all four interconnects, or can I remove only the one that I believe to be broken? If I remove only the broken one but then apply power will that damage the panel? Two sample images attached....

Re: vizio m601d-a3r panel or tcon failure

Great, thanks budwich! Time to do some surgery on this guy! Found it in the garbage so if it doesn't work out I'm not out anything but my time.

Re: vizio m601d-a3r panel or tcon failure

This is a really old thread, but my panel looks almost exactly the same as yours with the horizontal line in nearly the exact same place. Did you ever figure out if it was the panel or if the gate drivers were causing an issue?