Larry Have seen thoes little lytic caps on the standup board go bad and cause dash line problems when cold, the green 33uf one. Jerry Alpha 21 Electronics Granite City, IL 62040 Ph. 618-452-8620 Fax 618-876-5157 www.alpha21century@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Leonard Caillouet <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Larry, check for those brown rubber spacers that melt in the PIP module and on the main board. They have caused some similar weird problems. Leonard Caillouet Electronics World ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Eastman" To: "techassist" Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA PTK169PTA black dash lines across the screen Hi Guys, this RCA projo is really becoming a pain, Delivered it back to customer everything was fine (I ran it in the shop for 7-8 hours with no problems) she calls up and says there are black dashes all the way across the screen and all the way down it, went out to her house and this is what they look like --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- you get the idea, I fixed one of these about 6 months ago and for the life of me I can`t remember what the fix was (forgot to write it down) Anybody have any ideas? picture and sound are fine other than the lines. Larry Eastman American TV & Electronics Crystal River, Fl. 34428 **************************************************************************** * Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/