Re: sony kdl-46S4100 dark, no sound, inverter?

Solved!

Thanks to cadiman for the tip - I swapped out the salvaged t-con board and it started working. I am still looking for the fuse in case this one fails too.

My process was:
take the back off and look for any bad caps anywhere on the PS or main board - dead end
research web for known issues -couldnt find any exactly like mine - most had sound or some other first symptom
swap out power supply with a ps from ebay - dead end
found another guy on ebay selling the guts of a tv...

Re: sony kdl-46S4100 dark, no sound, inverter?

No blinks - this model does not do that

I have a sony kdl-46S4100 that one day went dark,
no sound,
powers on by the remote,
has a click at power on,
power light glows steady,
no backlight that I can see
no heat detected anywhere
remote fails to do anything after power on
no sound, no smell

Ive been swapping parts from ebay trying one different board at a time

power supply board - no change
main board - no change

I have a salvaged tcon board and inverter board that i have not tried yet.

Anyone have a beginners...