Problem was cracked blue CRT. I could see fluid in the neck of the CRT and under the PCB's New CRT is on order. P/N AA97-01793A from www.samsungparts.com Thanks to all that replied...hopefully the boards are OK. I washed in dishwasher and figured I'd let them dry for the few weeks it'll take the CRT to get here Jeff -- Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Intrepid Video Support" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Techassist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:11 PM Subject: [TechAssist] TA Akai PTH5498. Dead. Customer says set's power light comes on, but nothing else. I saw a tip regarding the STK's and some pica fuses, but I didn't see a symptom.. Can someone enlighten me on this set? Is this a Samsung unit? Thank you.. Jeff -- Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/