The Vizio adventure continues

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
07/29/2020 at 00:43 • Filed to: Time to drink more

Since I damaged the pins on the ribbon cable from my screen, I decided to take the good T-Con board and put it back in my dads TV, along with all the other boards from my TV, hoping that would solve what we thought was either a dead main board or power supply board. I figured it would be easier than taking the chassis off of both TVs to get at the other ends of the ribbon cables to replace just those. No luck. The power light comes on, and the screen briefly, and dimly lights up dark blue, then it shuts off again.

If the panel is dead, then I have to try switching all the boards back to my TV, and taking the chassis off so I can swap those cables. But I feel like a dead panel wouldn’t respond at all. I dunno. I hate this shit, but if I spend hundreds of dollars on a new TV without being sure that both these are dead, it’ll drive me crazy.

DISCUSSION (10)

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > gmctavish needs more space
07/29/2020 at 00:59

I would have dropped it at a l ocal electronics repair shop and let them have a look... or just dropped it from the balcony.

Speaking of, my neighbor had a houseguest who had overstayed their welcome and was being an asshole about the tv volume at night. So after an argument he ripped his tv off of the stand and threw it off the second floor balcony onto the lawn.

40" LG.

The nex t morning he goes down to retrieve it, brings it back upstairs, plugs it in and it works fine. There is still dirt and grass poking out of the crack where the panel meets the bezel, haha.

gmctavish needs more space > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
07/29/2020 at 01:17

There is no local electronics store unfortunately, at least not one with a good reputation.

Holy crap, that is impressive

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
07/29/2020 at 01:19

While the overstaying welcome part is certainly a problem, I dont understand why complainin g about tv volume would make someone an asshole. Would think its the other way around since its considerate not to blast a TV at night same as its considerate not to make a bunch of noise in the morning either. Haha that is a hilarious way to handle the situation though, impressed how durable that TV was!

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > gmctavish needs more space
07/29/2020 at 01:20

WestCoast Mobile Television Service

12484 82 Ave #20, Surrey, BC V3W 3E9

(604) 591-1906 https://g.co/kgs/x9GKWm

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K S Electronics

8128 128 St #310, Surrey, BC V3W 1R1

(604) 591-5461 https://g.co/kgs/XUsgwK

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Benchmagic Electronic Services, Inc.

9831 138 St, Surrey, BC V3T 5E3

(778) 394-4441 https://g.page/BenchMagic?share

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Just a cursory search, not speaking from experience.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
07/29/2020 at 01:24

It was the houseguest who wouldn’t stop blaring the tv, and refused to turn it down. She also ate all his food, wouldn’t get out when told she was no longer welcome, and told him she lived there now and he could move if he didn’t like it. Psych issues. L ong story short she’s in the ward now after being dragged away by the fuzz, multiple times.

gmctavish needs more space > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
07/29/2020 at 01:29

Surrey isn’t that far, but it’s far enough away for me to try fixing it myself. If I didn’t essentially have a parts TV, I probably would’ve tried a repair shop, but I dunno. It looks like these are garbage anyways when it comes to longevity so maybe I’m wasting my time and even if I fix it, it’ll die again in a couple months.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
07/29/2020 at 01:32

oh boy that escalated!!

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
07/29/2020 at 01:37

B igtime.

facw > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
07/29/2020 at 07:05

I would have dropped it at a local electronics repair shop and let them have a look...

Seems really unlikely that professional repairs would really be economical. I think this is a 43" TV, and I mean I just bought a 43" Toshiba 4K screen for $240 , and I’m sure you can get a 1080p one for less than that. Saw a 55" Philips for $320 the other day if you wanted to go bigger. Between labor and parts, maybe you could be less than that, but you’d still be left with an old somewhat outdated screen and who knows what else would fail next.

So yeah, maybe off the balcony would be for the best...

PartyPooper2012 > gmctavish needs more space
07/29/2020 at 07:17

I would venture on two things here... since you have power light, power supply might be fine.. so it could be the back light, or the ballast.

Now, I do not know what I am talking about, so take that with a texas sized grain of salt. I have never actually fixed a screen of any sort... well back in the day, CRT monitors - i was pretty good at hitting degause button