Dani wrote:
You guys aren't much help, I must say! I do electronics for a living! I
DID check all
components in the SMPS, & couldn't find ANYTHING measuring out of the
norm!

I wanted to know if could shed some light, or saw this before in this
chassis!

ALL CHECKED OK!!!!!

Thanks, Dani.

Are you saying the SMPS checked and had proper operational waveforms
and voltages when operating in standard test condition with a
controlled current and voltage input with a properly selected test
load?

Or are you saying that all you did was to check the components in the
SMPS with a multimeter?

I have seen plenty of ctc195 series RTPV chassis have catastrophic
failures on plug in. Everything from a cracked crt, hv splitter,
flyback, hot shaping capacitor, to random out of spec parts in the
SMPS, not to mention several with coolant leakage on the board. Even
had one that had an I2C corruption problem with the HFREQ cause massive
failures.

What are the results of standard troubleshooting to try and narrow down
the SMPS or HOT stage and which waveforms were bad.