Intermittantly the picture would black out. Turning up the G2 screen on fly showed a line: no vertical deflection. Tapping board affected the symptom. After thoroughly resoldering the entire vert. circuitry, I confidently powered on the TV and got a line.Still no vert! Replaced the v. output IC451, LA7838. No help. Final fix was to carefully scrape all paint off the LA7838 pins and traces going to them and solder up the traces,as there were breaks on all the pins that solder alone did not cure.Replacing the IC was not enough. Phil Bader -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: philbad@xxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/