Sound but no picture except 3 curve bars

Dec 30, 2007

- yea id like more info about this. im an auto mechanic, my roomates a computer wiz and his dad builds computers for some company or something(very very smart, he helped us fix another projection tv)

whats an STK?
i was reading up, theres a convergence bourd or something no? would it be worth it just replace that?
where can i find parts? i cant even find this model for sale anymore, i guess because its so old but still, even ebay.

and yes, i know, its a zenith, get over it, its crappy ;-)

Dec 31, 2007

- ok, what exactly is the name of this module? convergence module?
whats an IC?
yea i have a fluke meter to measure the resisters i just have to remember to grab new soldering tips somewhere as mines all screwed up from platic welding(lost the crappy tip i used to use)

Dec 31, 2007

- ok, thanks man, i probably will just end up finding the chips, gettting the number, and ordering them along with any needed resistors. i have nothing but time down at school so ill take the long way. thanks again ill let you know how it goes.

Jan 02, 2008

- well i got the tv down to the apartment and turned it on. same thing, but now there is a noise like when you have a small hole in your buger king soda straw(hissing, but slurping kinda deal?). its coming from one of the main boards and the area has discolored plastic and evididence of smoke. whats making the sound is a box shaped thing with a red, looks like tubing, going to it. other end goes up to the color guns i think, unable to trace it without taking alot more apart. it has smoke marks up the side of it that i would guess is from the resisters below. i looked underneth this board and all i found was a loose solder.

i looked around some more and found what i think you are calling these IC chips(i put in the part number on it and it came up "IC"). but there only 5-8 pins. the 8 pin ones look fine but the 5 pin one has evidence of burning on it and the surrounding resistors. the 5 pins on the opposite side of the board as the 8 pin chips so its good say there fine.


im getting kind of lost here now...i got 2 burnt boards here. the one with the chips on it looks the worst...

Jan 06, 2008

- i have pictures if youd like them.

Jan 15, 2008

- heeellllooooo.....my problem isn't fixed yet. i put the chip in that i was talking about. the picture now is a red-orange hue with 5-6 lines from top and bottom evenly spaced. the lines twitch and change positions every couple seconds. i have pictures but supposivly there too big to load onto this website.