You are probably missing a cold solder some where.The power\defflection bd on mits tv's are well known for alot of cold solders. Mando Birdie's TV & Electronics Casa Grande, AZ daryls_tv@xxxxxxx wrote: > I have a VS5043 Mitsubishi that has random shutdown. There isn't any flaw in > the picture to indicate what circuit to look in. It can shut down in a > couple of minutes or play all day. Checked for poor solder joints and found > very few bad. Tried heating and cooling and no help. ESR'd the caps and > didn't find any bad. However, I can lower the brightness no minimum and it > doesn't shutdown. I suspect an ABL or shutdown circuit problem but I have no > print to trace it out. I didn't find any tips with this type of problem. > Any help or advice will be greatly appreciated. > Daryl > Daryl's TV > 2402 Wyoming Ave. > El Paso, TX 79903 > 915-565-9184 Voice/Fax > daryls_tv@xxxxxxx > www.angelfire.com/tv2/daryls_tv > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/