probably an intermittant Y main or buffer bd. With the overall image degradation, I'd suspect the Y main more so. The buffers might just affect lines upper or lower of center, but not all over. Also, are you sure the SMPS is stable? I HATE INTERMITTANT PROBLEMS! Jim McVey McVey Alltronix 327 Broadway Newburgh N.Y. 12550 "If it doesn't play... CALL MCVEY !!!!!!" Factory authorized service for over 20 major brands. 845 561 8383 --- John Mielke <maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have 2 Zenith plasma in the shop with different > problems. > A Z42PX2D which has 14 black horizontal lines at > random intervals through > the picture. We have checked for bad connections at > the edge of the panel > and found none. This set also has a intermittent > problem where the entire > picture has a negative appearance. The negative > picture comes and goes but > the lines always remain and never move. > The second set is a Zenith P42W46X. It has only > trash in the center > (horizontally) that appears to move rapidly up or > down and then greenish > trash on the left and right, about 4" each side. > There is no picture at all. > It draws a large amount of current, maybe 5 amps AC. > If I had to guess, I > would say it has a bad panel but I'm not sure. > There are no tips for Zenith plasma on Winstips and > we do not have access to > Zenith website. Any help appreciated. We do not > have service manuals on > either set. TIA, John. > John Mielke > Main TV > 636 Main St > Longmont, Co 80501 > 303 776 6955 > 303 776 0792 fax > www.longmontmaintv.com > maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/