Customer said sometimes there would be text characters all over the screen.Gibberish. No sense to them. usually clears. got worse. This older set has the "main" board on bottom, the one thats completely shielded top and bottom. think it's the 9-700. Known for lots of cold solder connections. I pulled it. Completely resolderd it and set seemed OK. two days later customer said it's back. I noted when it happened for me, usually just after plug in and power up, I could hit Enter to clear. I assume this main board is at fault but what. Board compliment in this set: Video 9-369-09 SMPS 9-604-03 Sweep: 9-605-01 Main: 9-700-18 IF/Audio: 9-701 Keyboard/Micro: 9-943 Could use assist here. is a character generator flakey? What/Where? Phil Bader -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/