I doubt you will be able to service this yourself, unless the fault is
simple. You can try to contact the Sony service department, or simply
take the gamble and have an estimate done. I have a feeling the former
owner may have done this, and the cost of servicing it was too high...

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Jerry G.
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"James Sweet" wrote in message
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I've got this Sony plasma monitor here that an aquaintance picked up for
free. From what I hear it was dropped, though initial inspection
revealed
that the glass panel is intact. Powering up the unit results in a quick
flash of the screen lighting up then the unit shuts down, blinks the
power
indicator several times and repeats the cycle. Opened the thing up and
found
no signs of physical damage but to my dismay the boards along the right
edge
of the screen with the driver chip blobs on them have two chips on each
board with what appears to be craters blown in them. I'm not experienced
with plasma screens at all but these boards appear to be directly bonded
to
the glass panel. Is there any hope of salvaging this unit? Obviously I
lack
the tools to do it myself but is it even worth looking into having done
or
would it be best to scrap the thing or sell it on ebay? Seems this model
currently retails for around $6k, ouch.