When the power button is pressed you hear a very faint thump from the spkr. Then after a few seconds the rate gets faster and you start hearing the degauss relay staring to kick in and gets a little fast till finally the set comes on. The problem was (c4605K) 220uf 35v) next to the degauss relay. This cap. filters the collector of Q4161 the +12 standby regulator. John Conti,TV Texas _________________________________________________________________ Don?t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. 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/