Had a sharp once that came in with intermittent problems with the pix. Found a large screw like the ones used to mount the CRT to the bezel loose on the board. All four screws were in the tube brackets. Leonard Caillouet Service Manager Electronics World Gainesville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: ".TECHASSIST @ freelists . org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 4:05 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Too Many Facotry Defects I just repaired a 2000 36" Sharp TV that just had a broken RF connector. Turned it on the raster was intermittently distored (horiz and vert). The customer said the set didn't have this problem (no complaint about the bill). Surprised to find a large capacitor what had absolutely no solder on it! But that did not fix the problem. An original 330uF, 160V cap had a broken lead (above the board!) I've never seen either of these happen in many thousands of TVs I've worked on (with original factory parts), and still work (until I pulled the board out). Bil PC 1000 M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator http://magpulser.com Mammoth Lakes, CA 760-924-1000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/