well the board is back and so far so good. my wife picked it
up so i need to call tomorrow to find out if anything else was
bad. the work order says something about some additional
soldering. only thing im not happy about is he told my wife
he quoted me $100, so that's the charge, when in reality
he told me 'it shouldn't cost more than $100 depending
on what i find wrong with it'. on the other hand, labor
these days is expensive and it's working, so as long as
it stays working i should count myself lucky it was only
$125ish (with the new STKs) and not $1000+ for a new
TV. On the other, other hand I was almost hoping it
wasn't salvagable and had my eyes on a Panasonic
AE700U front projector .

"RobR" wrote in message
news:toUAe.3023$1%4.2831@trndny02...
turns out the place i was told to call went out of business, so i just
dropped
the board off at the shop that recommended the other shop along with the
STKs. once it's fixed i'll post the components that needed replacing.

"RobR" wrote in message
news:A1kAe.1771$zj4.984@trndny06...
i just received the STKs, however i talked to a local shop who was
actually
familiar with my issue (they asked me if it was an XBR when they heard
the symptoms). they told me that there are likely a couple of other
problems, namely an IC on the left side of the board as well. they also
suggested i talk to a local company they get all their parts from who has
fixed dozens of these things. i've been trying to reach them but they
haven't
been answering the phone. perhaps they went on vacation last week
without
an answering machine, i dunno, hopefully they're around tomorrow.

"belowthelights" wrote in message
...
hey man, just an update, my tv was off for about 2 weeks straight, and
i just turned it off, and i'll be damned, the thing works perfect! i
guess it just needed some rest? how's yours been?


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