gentlemen,

in servicing a mitsubishi plasma model pd-5010, problem is vertical lines covering half screen only, several noted. they extend from top and bottom of screen to one half of screen only. flat connector strips from buffer boards are in some cases showing a burnt rectangular chip which extends across the
strip from left to right, burnt area is on 'chip" but some dont show 'area at all.
is the problem fixable? we feel that buffer boards may be problem but the
black chip has us puzzled what is it" no other problems noted tv works fine othe...