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"James Sweet" wrote in message
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"James Sweet" wrote in message news:...
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.

Driver chips are most definetely fried

If they are indeed bonded to the panel, then there is no chance of
repairing it without the specialised re-bonding tools (similar to LCD
screens). About all you can do is send the screen back to the
manufacturers for refurbishment.

-A


Yep that's what I figured, seems ridiculous to me that the chips are on the
flex boards bonded right to the panel, why not on the board that the flex
boards plug into?! Oh well. I'll tell the owner that, perhaps it'll be cost
effective to have it factory serviced.