Re: Toshiba TV bad panel half screen dark - pull tabs or not?

Success.. almost.
Pulled all the driver tabs off and low and behold a perfect picture except for some black vertical lines on the left where the bad tab was at the bottom. Pressing it where it was bonded to the screen made some of them disappear.
Unfortunately I pressed a little too hard and crack. Screen is now cracked. After a week of repairing this damn thing and finally get it working and then end up with a knackered panel anyway.
However I've learned a few things on the way. Thanks to this foru...

Hi fellas, I have a Toshiba 50u6863db (vestel crap) here belonging to a family member.
The TV was given me to repair (possibly) as it had developed a blank screen, just back lights and sound.

Upon further investigation it turned out one of her cats had sprayed on the screen as I could see it on the edge of the panel and tabs and it stank. Looks like it probably shorted the circuitry. I cleaned it up and still the same.

I initially suspected Tcon board as none of the test points were showing correct voltages. Tried removing one LVDS cable at a time, same result....

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Hi everyone. Hobby tech here. Loads of great info and minds here. Looking forward to using the forum.