Hi Guys, picked up this monster F35751MB because it had a shorted HOT, replaced with oem checked all the diodes and caps in Horizontal circuit, standby B+`s were all good so I started it up, made loud popping sounds through speakers and would not run, pulled P1903 from audio board and set started with good picture, replaced both audio outputs, this chassis uses 2 tda2052`s, replaced 2 low profile electrolytics that were leaking fluid, C905p & C564p , re-installed P1903 set still is very hard to start and pops loudly, have both + & - 17 volt supplies but found that the 5 volts on smd transistor Q915`s collector is dropping with the pop cycle, removed this DC sense transistor and set will pop once and start perfectly with good audio, it also pops once when shutting off the set, l checked the smd transistor it reads good, I don`t have the exact schematic for this audio stage but it appears this 5v collector line for Q915 comes from the main module, anybody got any tips for this problem ? Thanks in advance Larry E Larry Eastman American TV & Electronics Crystal River, Fl. 34428 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/