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Plasma is old technology and it is 16 years old and made in Mexico, the worst place for quality control. It is time for a new one, or at least an upgrade. Or you can get a board kit and take a chance on fixing it.
I just fixed this very same problem. The capacitors are
the problem. However, I think that if you have some minimal skills with
soldering, you can fix this yourself. You just need to take out the
system board, then the power supply parts are on the top right. The bad
capacitor(s) will be bulging at the top and possibly have some brown
stuff coming out. The ones that go bad are 1000microfarad, 10V, however
you can replace them with higher voltage. I got 35V caps from radio
shack for 1.59 each. You just need to solder out the bad ones and then
put the new ones in and solder. Remember that the negative end goes on
the side with the bold black part of the circle on the system board.
Then just cut off the extra ends of the capacitors. If you are capable
of doing this yourself, you will spend at most 6 dollars instead of
however much a technician costs.
You can get the service manual for your model at the following link. They email them to you, usually within minutes of ordering. http://servicemanuals.vstore.ca/
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