OK, some good news, I hope. I did not have the right SOT-23 3.3V regulators in my stock, but I did have SOT-223 and TO-92. So I used an L78L33 regulator because it was easier to solder, I know it is only 100mA, but so far it worked well. I turned the TV ON for 10 min only, I was afraid that the lower amperage regulator will heat up, but it is not even warm. Do you guys think this will do the job? If 100 mA is too low I could replace it with an AMS1117 3.3 regulator.
Here is an update, I have removed IC203 and the short is in the IC203. I checked the board too, no short in the area where IC203 was soldered. IC1204 is already replaced, so now I have to find a suitable replacement for IC203. Any ideas?
Diah, you are right, it could be also a shorted trace in the sandwich, or after replacing this suspected IC, I might find something else broken. In reality it is more a challenge for me to try to fix it, buying a "second hand" board is as risky, most of these boards do not much perfectly, like different code and\or board "topology".
That is the original IC1402 that I already replaced, I posted it so people could see how it "exploded"! The second picture is to show the main board code and manufacturing date.
Hello all,
I have this TV for 10 years now, it worked with no issues until a week ago when, after turning it ON, it turned itself OFF, after running for ~10 seconds and it gave me the smell of "electric fire"! I unplugged it from power, removed the back cover and found a "fried" chip, IC1402, on the main board. Removed it from the board, and replaced it with a new one from DigiKey.
Unplugged all the cables connecting the main board to PSU, powered the TV ON by plugging the cable to the power and measured the voltages on the PSU power connector (backlight also...
I found more of these "treasures" in an old box I got from a friend who decided that it is not worth the time to find the info about old ICs! For me, it is different, I like these oldies and would love to be able to use some for some home made experiments! I have attached a couple of pictures with this lot of "old" ICs. If anyone has some handy information about those please let me know....
Yes, you are right, the only reason I wanted to use those it was because I have them, no other reason. I also have the new drivers, K155, but it looked interesting to me to try to use some "very old" drivers. And I will probably do it as a breadboard experiment.
Thank you all for helping out. It seems to me that using these F996079 I have (6 in total) is not worth it because if I lose one I am stuck with trying to buy one from eBay for the stellar prices associated with "collectible" items!
Many thanks to all of you again, love this site already!
Thank you, I got these drivers only, no PCB to be able to do any reverse engineering unfortunately. I was thinking to use them, but it is risky because I have only 6 and eBay is selling those as "collectibles" for crazy money. :-)
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