It was the eeprom, part# 225767 Unknown why it played perfectly for a week. Doug Keller Wis-Kel Electronics 101 Freeland Ave. Terra Alta, WV USA 26764 dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.tech-assist.org "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself" Philip Bader wrote: >Doug, swap out the eeprom. I've had some do this.Try any CTC180 seies >eeprom as a test. If you clear the screen troubles you're on the right >track.Probably when the TOB had bad solder it may have corrupted the >eeprom.Worth a try... >Phil > >Doug Keller wrote: > > >>This originally came in with the infamous "f-connector ripped out of the >>tuner" problem. I fixed that, checked it for a day, gave it the shake, >>bump, slap, and jar test. It worked perfectly. Delivered it and 7 days >>later I get a call that the picture is black. If screen is turned all >>the way up, it has dim pic w/retrace lines.This one has me stumped. I >>have resoldered the tuner grounds. Twice. Looked for solder splashes, >>anything that would explain this. I've checked cr4704, r4702, and r4715 >>that were in the tips pages to no avail. At this point any suggestions >>would be appreciated. >>Doug >> >>-- >>Doug Keller >>Wis-Kel Electronics >>101 Freeland Ave. >>Terra Alta, WV >>USA 26764 >>dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>http://www.tech-assist.org >>"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you >>won't live long enough to make them all yourself" >> >>***************************************************************************** >>Lost Password: >>http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Email Archives: >>//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> >> > > > ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/