Sony Techs, I have this Sony in the shop for dead set symptom.Don't get too many Sonys in to repair in my area. Found numerous poor solder connections in the power supply circuit, and also defective IC 651 (STRS6301A) Power Conv. IC. Replaced IC with a generic, I know I should have replaced it with a Sony original, but didn't have one in stock, and also customer doesn't want to spend over $75.00 on the repair, and I'm sure the original would up the repair cost considerbley. The question I have, is the set runs fine now, except the IC runs extremely hot, almost too hot to touch.I noticed the board is discolored around the IC, so it's been running hot before, and the heatsink is quite large, so it must get pretty warm, but how hot is too hot. Is this normal for this IC? Or is there something that causes this IC to run hot? Or is it because of the generic? TIA Dan Webster Webster's TV Shullsburg, Wi. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/