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Convergence problem, blue ghosts

Blue ghost convergence problems
I have a Samsung PCN-5425 Rear Projection TV. The top half of my screen has a blue convergence issue. Yesterday I was able to align it, but now it's off again today. Can't get it to converge now. Red and green are fine. Sounds like I need 2 Convergence IC's?

  • davskins97 Sep 17, 2008

    I didn't get a response from anyone, so I took an educated guess that it was the IC's. A friend of mine that is an electrical engineer took care of the desoldering/soldering, and I fixed my convergence problem for $52. Would have cost me that much to have someone look at it.

    Problem solved, big screen saved!


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Projection TV sets have several common problems listed below.

Problem #1) Convergence

Symptoms:

  • Screen Looks 3-D
  • Colors wont align
  • Screen may look distorted
  • No Audio/Video - makes a chirping sound.
Example Photo:
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Problem #2 CRT Fluid has clouded over.

Symptoms


  • Dull Video, Washed out
  • White/Bright looking video
  • Halos around objects
  • Red/Orange looking
Example Photo:
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You can see more examples and findconvergence problem, blue ghosts - bb0cf99.png...

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Keep us posted.
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Hello pk95953,
Your one and only problem is a bad convergence Amp board. Changing it will fix your set. You can contact http://www.interactiverepair.com for step by step assistant with installation of this board.
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