Don, Why not put in a rebuilt module, $89.95 outright at Tri-State Module ($69.95 exchange) for the 9-1671, working on that monster to component level in the home is crazy, and it will be an inexpensive fix for your old customer, Tri-State Module 800-203-7484, Good Luck, Larry E Larry Eastman American TV & Electronics Crystal River, Fl. 34428 Don Cohen wrote: >>This is a repost of one I tried to post to TechAssist in November, but it= >> > was rejected. I somehow got booted from the list. I finally got around to= > reregistering, so I hope this one gets through! > > > >>Hello all - it's been awhile! >> >>I was called by a neighbor to look at his set that I had previously worked= >> > on for another issue. According to the customer, the problem happened after= > his wife started to clean the screen (sprayed cleaner on the CRT with set= > powered on). She heard a snap and then the picture went to an hourglass= > shape. I am not doing much servicing anymore and would like to help the guy= > out if I can, but there isn't much info available in the way of tips for= > this set. I'm not in a position to take the set in to work on and trying to= > diagnose something like this at the customer's site is not exactly= > desirable because of my present situation. So, maybe someone can at least= > point me in the right direction from past similar experience, possibly? Or,= > maybe someone is familiar with this set and has a service manual that they= > can take a look at and give me a likely thing or two to check (I have no= > manual). The only thing that I have done thus far is to go into the service= > menu to make sure that some data just didn't get corrupt. Changing some of= > the values for relavent parameters did not make any difference, so I= > suspect a part (or maybe more than one) was damaged. > >>The specs on the set are:=20 >> >>Model: IQ3597BT >>GZ Chassis, Y Line (1996 Model Year) >>9-1671-01 SMPS module >>9-1678-01 Small signal module (main) >>9-1298-06 Video output module >>Zenith service manual #923-3300 >>No SAMS available that I could locate >> >>Thanks to anyone who can help me out on this, >> >>Don Cohen >>DC Electronics >>Shinglehouse, PA=20 >> > >***************************************************************************** >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/