Re: Vizio e420vl possible power supply issue?

Thanks for the swift reply mr. tom!
I kind of figured but was hoping it might be otherwise.. Time to try this sellers return policy.
That seems very likely, at least for most cases.. I'd imagine a good seller of parts who "tests" their units before listing would at least try to see if the set attempts to power on.
then again maybe i expect too much.
Well Instead of play mainboard roulette again, how possible do you think it will be to isolate the audio issues with just a meter? id be willing to take...

Hello ya'll!
This being my first thread i guess i will start my existance off on badcaps with a puzzle.
I picked up this e420vl a while ago for rather little money.
The previous owner complained that after lightning had struck a transformer his house is tied into, the power died and after it returned he found all HDMI inputs on this tv were no longer working (OSD says no signal).
So i got the set home and started to play with it. I found that all other video inputs work perfectly (VGA, RCA, onboard tuner) BUT without audio. I later found that the tv is processing audio,...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello ya'll! as they say Google is your friend. Because of it I've made a new friend.. Well i guess you could say many! Hello new friends!!

I wonder why I am never lucky enough to find a few bad caps, or a blown fuse, In stead of burnt ICs