DELL W2600 Power Fault

This sounds like Electrolytic Capacitors that are needing replacing, Common fault with LCD, If you know how to use electronic tools you can open the TV and you will see the tops of the capacitors are bulged and they need replacing.

Look at the power supply first since it is easier to get to, look for burnt parts, bad capacitors, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
Please post back what you find.

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Back lights invereter or power supply. look for 24vdc on the power supply which is needed for the inveeter board.
look for bad caps in the power supply.

your poweredge has detected a hardware fault. If it is under warranty contact Dell. If it is out of warranty, you might carefully open the unit, and locate the fault diagnostic leds. They should be lit indicating the code for the fault condition/part.

if power light is lit, the main board needs replaced. It needs to have firmware M016, and REV A07. Thats the latest fimware out there available.

The fault is most likely in the power supply, or one of the other boards in the set has a fault condition that is causing the power supply to shut down. The only way to service the set is by doing board swaps to determine the defective board(s).

If you call DELL, they will tell you where to send the set for service.

Jerry G.

get yours replaced for free

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_hmtheatre&thread.id=2509

There is no fix for the W2600. It has a power supply problem.
For sometime Dell was replacing the tv's with new ones, but don't think they are anymore. If you go to the Dell Forum and type in your tv you will see the amount of people that have had the same problem. Unbelieveable. As a matter of fact, Dell is not even making TV's anymore. Guess they gave up. They cannot be fix, cannot get the parts for it.

I have had the Dell W2600 for about 4 years. My remote for the Dell stopped working after 16 months. Since I was using cable I used the cable box remote. However, about 6 months ago a dark shadow appeared on some parts of the screen but the tv was still viewable. Shortly after, my power light would suddenly go out and then come back on after a minute or so. The problem got progressively worse until tonight it was off for most of the show I was watching and would come back on briefly. I popped the rear cover off and removed the metal shield and found most of the wires on one of the wire harness coming from the power supply board burned so badly the insulation was gone and the plastic connector assembly on the board melted. Because of the nature of modular board construction the power supply board and wire harness would need to be replaced and that doesn't necessarily mean the cause was fixed! To me this is a safety hazard. The TV is definitely out of warranty but I wouldn't expect this type of hazard problem. FYI, the parts I can read are made in China....what's new!

>you can try this: Replace capacitor (10uF/50V) on small board >mounted to power supply next to mother board power connector.

didn't work for me. any other suggestions?