What an idiot I can be!! The problem was a bad regulator. It was so obvious, we overlooked it. I had one of my techs put it back together and set it aside for later. When another tech came in, I mentioned the problem to him. "Maybe you got a bad regulator," he said. We pulled the back & fired off the set. Cold spray on the chip (STK730-030) brought back the stabibity. New chip. Problem solved. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:20:10 -0800 gulftech@xxxxxxxx writes: > > Friends, > > This set came in dead. Replaced the regulator & HOT restored power. > Set > runs great...for maybe 10 minutes, then has unstable horizontal sync. > > Replaced the jungle IC, AN5163. No change. Have ESR'd the caps in > the > p/s. Could not get a change from cold spray. All voltages appear > to be > OK. > > Help, anyone? > > > Ken Smith > Gulf Technical Services > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway > Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 > 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.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/ > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.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/