LeRoy: Any of the digital "talking" chips can cause a problem like that. If this set has a modular tuner, desolder the clock and data lines. I start with the tuner, cause it is the easiest. Work thru any other of the digital chips, PIP, audio, whatever. Wayne Vanaman Omega Electronics 6904 W Fairfield Dr Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310 Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com 850-456-5995 voice 850-458-6369 fax Rich M wrote: > > did u replace the hot? > > > > > >>From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx> >>Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: [TechAssist] RCA F31317 - CTC203CA5 - Confirm IFT part number. >>Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:55:24 -0600 >> >>I replaced the IFT in this set, cause it was arcing and poping at turn on. >>Now the relay just clicks about 5 times, and then dead. >> >>I am wondering if my distributor sent me the right part. I used OEM part # >>244247. >>The first time I powered it on, there was just a vertical line, due to a >>weak connection of the Horz yoke plug. After I corrected that problem, the >>set failed to turn on. It tries several times, but then goes quiet. >> >>I see a fix for a shorted Xray protect transistor Q14901 (but no part > > number > >>for it). I am going to check that next, but, I first need to know if I used >>the correct part for the IFT. >> >>Any help is appreciated. >>LLW >> >>LeRoy Westlund >>Westlund TV &Electronics >>97 North Main " I forgot,..to remember,.. >>Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 to forget " >>Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 >>mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > >>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>Set Vacation > > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > >>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/