Two white hum bands slowly moves up thru the picture.When the upper one gets to the top, the bottom band is showing up.Picture bends in the area of the bar. I've seen this caused by noise generated in the smps by bad STR30130's,etc. I changed IC601 (STR30130), all four bridge diodes, the main filter C606 (470mfd/200V). Resoldered all over,even jumpered the power relay contacts while happening,no help.(maybe the contacts were arcing).Takes about 5 min to show up.I can turn off,then on the power and it instantly clears for a few minutes. Gotta be AC power supply hum... Phil Bader -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***************************************************************************** CHECK OUT THE NEW CHATROOM! Just login and click on chat! http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm 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/