Jeff you have my sympathy. Glad you found the problem. Sounds much like the Mitsubishi I have been working on for a couple of weeks off and on. I haven't found the last couple of problems yet. But still searching. I can relate to the $2.00 an hour. Paul Intrepid Video Support <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I think I found the problem. Disconnecting J1903 from the audio board and the set fires up fine. Found U1902 shorted 1, 4.(TDA2052) Gonna pick one of these up tomorrow and hope for the best.. Many, many of you sent me troubleshooting guides, advice and Mr. Larkman suggested the audio board in the beginning. I've never had a problem on the audio board on this chassis and thought I was disconnecting it all this time(the two connectors near the Audio jacks). Thanks to all of you..way too many to mention. Here's what I found prior to going to the audio jacks..I have no idea how this all happened..some coincidence. 1. First, the HV block was arcing at the Flyback lead. 2. Planned to replace the power supply parts, since this set had the original parts...replaced them all. 3. Replaced flyback..old one rang good, but had a pin hole 18 months ago I covered with HV putty. 4. Replaced CR4118..tested fine. 5. Replaced the power supply parts again, assuming I had a bad part. 6. After the last bout of suggestions, found the resonator area looked a little damp. Unsoldering, I could smell it...replaced resonator and the cap beside it. 7. Removed CR4119, CR4120(I think)..sit right below the power supply transformer, beside each other. These two had definite leakage. 8. Now, all the wave forms in the power supply looked fine and micro voltages were fine. This is when I saw where the real audio board was. 9. Removed both connectors and set fired up fine. Replaced the one(leaving J1903 off) and set still fired up. 10. Checked both IC on the heat sink and found one shorted 1 and 4..comparing to the other one I knew this wasn't right. I'm surprised a bad HV block lead me to the audio board, but I hope to finish this set tomorrow morning and deliver to a patiently waiting customer. I think I made about $2. per hour on this one. Jeff Dougherty Intrepid Video TV/VCR 263 S Front St Steelton PA 17113 fax...717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Intrepid Video Support" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 3:04 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: UPD---2nd request. PTK169PAAS..Shutsdown. Found resonator had electrolyte all around it...cleaned board, replaced resonator and two caps right there...now standby is fine, but of course this *&^*^* set still shuts down. Voltage on pin 16 of U4101 is 10.4 v...stand by and when I press power doesn't change...pin 15 is the same.. I've been all over the troubleshooting guides, changed ALL the caps in the regulator circuit, CR4118 changed and checked all the resistors... On me last breath...I appreciate the many responses and will send my thank yous after I get this fixed... Thanks. Jeff Dougherty Intrepid Video TV/VCR 263 S Front St Steelton PA 17113 fax...717-564-4952 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Intrepid Video Support" Still working on this, can not figure out why it is shutting down as HV builds. Would a defective vertical section cause this set to shut down? REG B+ is 170 in standby, drops to 162 when I press power..is this normal on this set? Schematic shows Reg B+ <72-A>, Not sure what that means. I've repaired many of these with a splitter, flyback or replacing the parts in the power supply. I've done all this and set still shuts. I've replaced all the caps, the boxed caps in front of the HOT, CR4118(tested OK), U4101, Q4101, Q4401..and all the caps. Checked all the diodes and resistors and can find no problems. I'm running out of time on this one....Does anyone have any idea what I may have missed? Thank you. Jeff Dougherty ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ Paul ,B Central TV&Video Grover Beach Ca. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/