What did you do to correct this? ========================== Jeff Stielau Shoreline Electronics Repair 344 East Main Street Clinton,CT 06413 860-399-1861 860-664-3535 (fax) jstielau@xxxxxxxx ======================== "If you push something hard enough it will fall over." Fudd's First Law of Opposition - Sir Sidney Fudd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Panday" <dpanday@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 10:58 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony KV36XBR450 Poor Grey Scale : Shuts down 5 blinks > Jeff, > Yes! > Problems with Red driver on crt pcb. > I went out on 3 service call in the last 3 week for this > problem on the 450 and 400 xbr's. > First, I thought is the crt, did the same test on crt.. tapping etc., > Took the chassis to shop and run for few days, the fault re-occurred. > Good luck > Panday > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx> > To: "Tech Assist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 2:25 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Sony KV36XBR450 Poor Grey Scale : Shuts down 5 > blinks > > >> Make : Sony >> Model : KV36XBR450 >> Problem : Set comes on OK but image looked reddish/bluish , clearly >> lacking >> most of the green drive. It did have some green but not 100%. Set would >> shut off after a minute or so with a 5 blink error code (White Balance >> Failure) >> >> Pulled the back off the set and tapped on the CRT drive board and neck >> area >> of the CRT and picture came back into spec ! Perfect! OK! >> >> After this "fix" set seems OK , BUT we know better! Tapping / Flexing >> the >> drive board and CRT neck does not show any sign of instability. >> >> Removed the CRT board , Was VERY difficult to get off ! Silicone does not >> give easily! Had to unsolder the socket from the board and carefully pry >> and cut with a exacto. The area between the green drive pin and focus >> pins show a fair amount of heat stress (clue?) >> >> Just wondering if others have experienced this sort of issue on this >> model. >> >> ================================= >> Jeff Stielau >> Shoreline Electronics Repair >> 344 East Main Street >> Clinton,CT 06413 >> (860)399-1861 >> (860)664-3535 FAX >> jstielau@xxxxxxxx >> ================================= >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/