WD-52525 Techman, You had responded to a post I made, but I hadn't heard back from you again. It was regarding my wd52525 which is displaying a blue screen with dancing horizontal lines and a lighter bluish round area in the middle. All inputs have similar display. I get the 1-2 error message. You said that you thought it was the DM board (A guy in a local shop referred to the DM3 board; same thing? He said that "all DLP's do this sooner or later" and that I should buy a regular projection TV). I found your DM repair guide on a google search. I got very excited because while I don't know the intricacies electronics, I have soldered quite a bit, as has a friend of mine though his experience is in building and repairing audio receivers and amps as a hobby (he's an audiophile I guess). Your instructions were so explicit I thought we could do it no problem...then I pulled the cover off my set and saw a very different setup. I see the panel with the USB and firewire connections which looks similiar but it is sandwiched between other components and I'm not sure how to remove it. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Thanks for the quick response. My email is [email protected] Thanks for the quick response. My email is [email protected]

Man, I am really sorry. The webpage kept asking me to rate the solution. I don't know the etiquite with these forums - usually just read and don't post. I thought I had to post a rating or something, so I gave "almost there" because we seem to be...almost there. I didn't know that was bad! I mean it has a green cube - green is good right? Like "go"? Yellow and red seem bad, not green. I couldn't say "solved" since I don't yet know if it was solved. Will have to wait until the repair is made. Why would I give you a "crap" rating??? I know full well how much you were saving me. Why do you think I was so excited? Anyway, sorry for not knowing my way around this webpage. Now my email address is posted on a public site and nothing to show for it. I hope I didn't mess your profile up or something. Man, I am really sorry. The webpage kept asking me to rate the solution. I don't know the etiquite with these forums - usually just read and don't post. I thought I had to post a rating or something, so I gave "almost there" because we seem to be...almost there. I didn't know that was bad! I mean it has a green cube - green is good right? Like "go"? Yellow and red seem bad, not green. I couldn't say "solved" since I don't yet know if it was solved. Will have to wait until the repair is made. Why would I give you a "crap" rating??? I know full well how much you were saving me. Why do you think I was so excited? Anyway, sorry for not knowing my way around this webpage. Now my email address is posted on a public site and nothing to show for it. I hope I didn't mess your profile up or something.

Give it up for TechMan! I fixed my TV because of his guidance here. As it turns out, my problem was bad capacitors on the power supply board, not the DM board. However, if weren't for techman's suggestion that the TV could possibly be fixed with a little soldering, I would never have even looked at the inside of my TV. He also supplied me with detailed instructions on removing the chassis. I replaced the caps, reassembled, and what do you know, TV works like a charm!
NOTE: The guy at the electronic supply store said that he believes most of the shops in town are repairing TV's this way (replacing the bad caps), but they are charging for the replacement of the entire board, over $1000! This entire project cost me $7. Something to keep in mind. Give it up for TechMan! I fixed my TV because of his guidance here. As it turns out, my problem was bad capacitors on the power supply board, not the DM board. However, if weren't for techman's suggestion that the TV could possibly be fixed with a little soldering, I would never have even looked at the inside of my TV. He also supplied me with detailed instructions on removing the chassis. I replaced the caps, reassembled, and what do you know, TV works like a charm! NOTE: The guy at the electronic supply store said that he believes most of the shops in town are repairing TV's this way (replacing the bad caps), but they are charging for the replacement of the entire board, over $1000! This entire project cost me $7. Something to keep in mind.

My son & I have been doing lots of reading and are anxious to try to our fix, but need a little advise. Our WD-52525 has a couple bulged capacitors on its front circuit board which we would like to try replacing, but we are aprehensive about the terminology when we found 4 different capacitors at the vendor with identical specs. The old ones were labeled: "3300mf10v nichicon H0427 105C" next to "C9A38" on the board. We narrowed the search at Digi-Key.com down to 4, so we purchased a e-service manual & found their reference (more numbers) that did not help us to select the replacement. The 4 different capacitors we found on digikey.com were all the same specs except for they were under 3 different categories. One said General Purpose, one said Miniature, and two said Low Impedance. If somebody could help us out here, let us know which piece would work we would sure appreciate it. My son & I have been doing lots of reading and are anxious to try to our fix, but need a little advise. Our WD-52525 has a couple bulged capacitors on its front circuit board which we would like to try replacing, but we are aprehensive about the terminology when we found 4 different capacitors at the vendor with identical specs. The old ones were labeled: "3300mf10v nichicon H0427 105C" next to "C9A38" on the board. We narrowed the search at Digi-Key.com down to 4, so we purchased a e-service manual & found their reference (more numbers) that did not help us to select the replacement. The 4 different capacitors we found on digikey.com were all the same specs except for they were under 3 different categories. One said General Purpose, one said Miniature, and two said Low Impedance. If somebody could help us out here, let us know which piece would work we would sure appreciate it.

Techman, I seem to be having the same exact symptoms. I was wondering if you could send me this service manual as well. My email address is [email protected].

Thanks!!!!!!
Techman, I seem to be having the same exact symptoms. I was wondering if you could send me this service manual as well. My email address is [email protected].

Thanks!!!!!!

I am having simular problems w/my Mit WD52525. Started with Honeycomb white lines in middle of Blue Screen and no picture. Than Bulb went. Thought bulb problem replaced and new one will not fire. Saw a blurb about replacing caps but do not know how to get to them. I started to take the set apart but know I am stuck. Please help me Techman with finishing what I started. Thanks I am having simular problems w/my Mit WD52525. Started with Honeycomb white lines in middle of Blue Screen and no picture. Than Bulb went. Thought bulb problem replaced and new one will not fire. Saw a blurb about replacing caps but do not know how to get to them. I started to take the set apart but know I am stuck. Please help me Techman with finishing what I started. Thanks