Please remove my email address and my earlier message from your lists. Thanks, -- Mike From: krybak1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [tvservice] Re: 46W500 ProblemsDate: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:42:59 -0500 check if leads of the transistor are reversed, base and emiter cross them Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 12:55:33 -0800From: tcccjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [tvservice] Re: 46W500 ProblemsTo: tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx you try the brige one of the diodes mybe shorted.Mike Schoettinger <kc8lqu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi all, I am in need of some help. This Hitachi 46W500 is kicking my butt. It keeps blowing the hv drive transistor. I have replaced all the electrolytics in the circuit and the flyback and the smps transformer. Does anyone have some expereince with this issue. Thanks. Mike Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in! Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! Check it out! _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007