Hard to believe that Sony was stumped by the 5 blinks since that is the IK failure code. Anything that causes the CRT to not develop a raster can give a 5 blink error code and it is often a false error code. Good find anyway, hope it makes the web site list. ******************************** Since 1972 * Jim Myers * Telrad Electronics * Fort Wayne Indiana * ******************************** Phil Bader wrote: > This is from a local ASC here I know.Even Sony was at a loss.This fix , > Sony says,will appear on their web site. > Came in dead.Power surge or lightning suspected by tech.Customer said "no". > Power it on, hear the HV come up, all secondary voltages seemed there, > instantly shut down with 5 blinks.All happened in an instant. > Sony said 5 blinks was a signal loss issue, suggested a ton of > possibilities which he tried. None helped. > Replaced flyback,micro,jungle,etc, then finally the entire "A" board > itself these parts lived on.That's the main chassis. No help. The SMPS > "GK" board seemed to be OK. Then he swapped the power supply GK board > into another Sony and the trouble followed that board! > SD happened too quick to trace with meter, so out comes the trusty O'Scope. > Set to "DC" the tech looked at each and every voltage source at turn on. > The only unusual source was the +7.5 volt source coming out of the > SMPS,went to over +8 volts. He traced that line back to a tiny small SMD > diode on the underneath of the power supply: > D620. (he pulled one off another chassis). It was open. > 'Replacement of this SMD diode D620 cured the problem. > Sony was stumped why 5 blinks... > Phil Bader > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/