Well, I really felt that I had a chance to get this problem fixed with a new STRS5141G regulator. I installed a new one, and it's the exact same. The washed out band which crawls up the screen is what is bothering me the most, because it wasn't there when I first got the set running. Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com My first updated message: I have now replaced every electrolytic cap on the deflection board except for the one by the standby transformer and the one by the relay. Also replaced every elctro. cap on the CRT board. Still have the lines at the left side of screen. Today, as I was replacing some caps, I noticed another problem. On brighter scenes, there is a 6" high band across the screen which slowly rises up to the top of the screen. When this band is seen, there is no chroma inside of it, and the video is washed out inside of it. Also inside the band, there seems to be a bit of ripple from the horizontal. This wasn't apparent for the first while I was working on the unit, but I don't have any idea if I did something to make this problem or not, or if was there all along and I just didn't notice it. I back-tracked by re-installing all the original caps from the point where I knew I never saw the problem. I am somewhat suspecting the regulator IC, STRS5141G but I don't have one in stock. While I was at it I replaced the vertical output IC LA7838. Nothing has helped. Made sure I installed all my caps with the correct polarity. Thanks for any help. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com My original message: This is a 27" Mitsubishi TV model CS2723C, chassis WM1-A-C23R. On the very left side of the screen, there are about 8 faint lines that run up and down the whole height of the screen. These lines are about 1/4" wide and spaced apart by about the same amount or a bit more. They only show up under certain screen brightness and colors. I have changed about a dozen caps in the power supply and around the flyback, etc. Some of these caps smelled fishy. Does anyone have a tip with a specific part that has solved this problem? I've spend too much time on it. Thanks for any help. -- Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/