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Table of Contents
TFT LCD - Electronic Aspects of LCD TVs and LCD Monitors ................ 29
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Various of T-CON Board DC-DC Diagrams & their Output Voltages ...... 48
Where the T-CON Board Output Supplies & Signal Lines Go? ................ 60
How the GAMMA Channels Voltages & VCOM Voltage Generated? ...... 63
What will Happen When VCOM (Common Voltage) Voltage Missing? ... 67
If These Supply Voltages & Control Signals Missing What will Happen
in LCD Panel? .................................................................................................. 69
Various of T-CON Board Good Voltage Testing Points & Their Symptom
When Voltage Fail to Appear .......................................................................... 70
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You Must Know Why Repair LED/LCD TV Panel Unsuccessfully? ....... 106
Is T-CON Board Can Do Their Self Test Like Power Supply Self Test? . 108
T-CON: 260AP02C2LV0.2
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T-CON: 320AB02CP2LV0.3
T-CON: S100FAPC2LV0.3
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How to Repair Double Images Problem on Samsung LCD Screen ........... 165
Samsung LCD Panel with Display Problem Causing by Gate Driver Sides
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How to Solve LG LCD Panel Display Upside Down Problem .................... 186
How to Solve BOE HV320WXC-200 Panel Upside Down Problem .......... 190
How to Solve Samsung LCD TV Oil Painting Display Problem ................ 203
Samsung Display Distortion (Oily Painting Display) Repair Solution ...... 207
How to Repair LCD TV Symptom with Blue Screen and Vertical Bars .. 214
How to Repair the Display Washed Out Screen Problem .......................... 216
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BONUS-A:
Collection of Various Brand TV Schematic Diagrams of T-CON
Board & Timing Control (Built-in PCB or Mainboard). This
Bonus info was inside this ebook. ......................................................... 374
AUO B140XW02_V0_01_PCB with T-CON Schematic ............................. 376
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LG LC320WXN-SAC1-731_6870C-0195A................................................... 534
LG LC420WUD-SAC1-G31-LC37WU_LC420WU_LC470WU_6870C-
0202B ................................................................................................................ 544
LG LC470WUN-SAA2-731_6870C-4200C................................................... 562
BONUS-B
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2) Inside this repair guide, I will NOT or I will seldom to provide the repair case
about the failure of “Bulged” or “Bad ESR” values of Electrolytic Capacitor/s.
As a TV repairer it is a very first step to see and measure the PCB boards inside
the TV. Because it is a very basic things as a repairer need to know or know
how to measure it. I highly recommend using the Blue ESR tester to testing
electrolytic capacitor.
3) You can choose the chapter you’re interesting to read. For example, you want
to know the COF pins info, you can directly go to that chapter and reading it.
4) Actually, all the LED/LCD TV their structure is nearly same. So, we can
learn the LED/LCD TV repairing information from different brands & models
of TV.
6) All the Programmer mention or using in this ebook is using the RT809F or
RT809H Universal Programmer. For NAND/eMMC Flash it is using the
RT809H Universal Programmer.
7) After you finished reading this ebook, I believe that you can improve
yourself and confident in repairing the LED/LCD TV Screen Panel without
guessing it. ☺
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Part-1
Basic Theory of
How do LCD/LED
Screen Work
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Nowadays, lots of the LCD & LED TV is in the market now. And this is the
“peak season” these LCD & LED TV need to repair. But I found that, lots of the
LCD TV or even LED TV I can found it in the recycling centers or factory! All
these TV will be send to scrap and disposal as reuse their material only. So it is
not only cause the money waste but it also increases the electronic waste on the
earth.
Finally found the answer is because of these scrap LCD/LED TV problem can’t
be repair or not worth to repair it. Most of the symptom is because of “Display
Problem”! The TV repairer told customer that this “Display Problem” is
because of the Panel issue and no spare part to replace/repair or the repair cost
is very expensive.
But I can say their answer is not 100% true! Because I had tried before to repair
these scrap LCD/LED TV, if the TV not crack screen, leakage their liquid
crystal in the panel or Samsung Panel without Gate/Y- TAB, their success rate
to repair these scrap TV is about 60~70%! ! So the actual the answer is because
lots of the TV repairer they don’t know how to repair the LCD/LED Screen
Panel. That’s why I created this ebook to help TV repairer to increase their
troubleshooting & repairing knowledge in LCD screen panel repair. And the
highest profit to repairing TV is repair the TV screen/panel problem. ☺
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* For LED TV, the LED Driver board receives 24V (but different design will
have different voltages. Please refer to their appropriate LED Driver board
specification) from PSU and received a backlight on signal from Mainboard, it
will step-up the DC voltage and output the DC voltage to start-up the LED Strip.
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So the LED backlight can working properly and supplies the LED white light to
Panel.
3) Mainboard Board
The TV Mainboard received the video & audio signals from Tv channel (Tuner),
AV, HDMI and etc, after that convert the audio signals, amplifier it and send to
speakers to generate the sound. At the same time, Mainboard also convert the
video signals to LVDS signals and send to T-con board through LVDS cable/s.
Mainboard also control whole Tv to on/off, Power Supply on or cutoff and
Backlight on or cutoff.
4) T-con Board
When T-con board received the voltage supplies and LVDS signals from
Mainboard, the T-con board will start working. The T-con Board converts the
LVDS signal to TTL signals and through Timing Control circuit. After that
generate the Data signals send to Source Driver Board. T-con board also
generates the DC-DC voltages, Gamma circuit and control signals to control the
Panel Glass working. For more details on how T-con board work, please read
on chapter-2, How T-con Board works.
5) LCD Screen
When the LCD Screen received the voltage supply and LVDS signals from
Mainboard, it can show the display on the screen. But we also need the
backlight to supply the light to Panel, so that we can see the picture or movie on
the screen. If no backlight, it looks like no display but using a torch light shot to
the screen, we can see the images on the screen. So LCD Screen is use to
convert the videos/digital signals to images and the images can see by our eyes.
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In school you learned that matter has three distinct states; solid, liquid, and gas.
However, there are states of matter that may fall between these states, like
liquid crystals. Basically they are crystals that hold their orientation (shape) but
can flow similar to liquids. Their molecules point in same direction with respect
to each other like in a solid, but they are free to change position like in a liquid.
Think of a handful of pencils. They collectively hold their shape at rest, but
change shape when you squeeze or let go of them.
There are different phases and types of liquid crystals that perform differently.
Small amounts of pressure, heat, and/or electricity can cause liquid crystals to
change in some way. For LCDs we are interested in the electricity aspect, but
pressure and heat are side effects that have to be dealt with. This is why LCDs
have a limited operating range and distort when you press on the screen.
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Below (on the left) is a cross section of a liquid crystal panel. The key to an
LCD's operation is the polarizer. The polarizers only allow a certain wavelength
of light to pass through. These two polarizers are mounted at a 90 degree angle
with respect to each other, which prevents light from passing through. The
liquid crystals are used to twist the light beam 90 degrees and allow light to pass
through that cell. Color comes from a simple light filter.
Each sub-pixel or cell (a red, green, and blue sub-pixel equal’s one pixel) is
controlled by a Thin Film Transistor (TFT). This provides accurate control of
each cell and makes for an accurate picture. Some methods used in the past that
didn't involve a switch and current could leak to surrounding cells resulting in a
blurred image. A TFT is a semiconductor (bottom-right picture), it behaves like
a relay switch.
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The LCD Panel is meaning the Panel Glass only. Sometime it also included the
T-con board or Timing control section in their Source Driver board.
LCD Panel
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Part-2
How an LCD/LED
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The above picture is to show different types of LCD Panel. Type (1) & (2) is the
old technology of LCD Panel used. The latest technology is using the (3) and (4)
types design now. One more LCD Panel design is without the external Gate
Driver COF/TAB on both sides.
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The early prototypes (late 1960s) were too unstable for mass production. But all
of that changed when a British researcher proposed a stable, liquid crystal
material (biphenyl).
Today's color LCD TVs and LCD Monitors have a sandwich-like structure (see
figure below).
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TFT Glass has as many TFTs as the number of pixels displayed, while a Color
Filter Glass has color filter which generates color. Liquid crystals move
according to the difference in voltage between the Color Filter Glass and the
TFT Glass. The amount of light supplied by Back Light is determined by the
amount of movement of the liquid crystals in such a way as to generate color.
The most common liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) in use today rely on picture
elements, or pixels, formed by liquid-crystal (LC) cells that change the
polarization direction of light passing through them in response to an electrical
voltage.
As the polarization direction changes, more or less of the light is able to pass
through a polarizing layer on the face of the display. Change the voltage, and
the amount of light is changed.
There are two ways to produce a liquid-crystal image with such cells: the
segment driving method and the matrix driving method.
The segment driving method displays characters and pictures with cells defined
by patterned electrodes.
The matrix driving method displays characters and pictures in sets of dots.
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The segment drive method is used for simple displays, such as those in
calculators, while the dot-matrix drive method is used for high-resolution
displays, such as those in portable computers and TFT monitors.
Two types of drive method are used for matrix displays. In the static, or direct,
drive method, each pixel is individually wired to a driver. This is a simple
driving method, but, as the number of pixels is increased, the wiring becomes
very complex. An alternative method is the multiplex drive method, in which
the pixels are arranged and wired in a matrix format.
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Nearly all TFT LCDs are made from a-Si because of the technology's economy
and maturity, but the electron mobility of a p-Si TFT is one or two orders of
magnitude greater than that of an a-Si TFT.
This makes the p-Si TFT a good candidate for an TFT array containing
integrated drivers, which is likely to be an attractive choice for small, high
definition displays such as view finders and projection displays.
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1. LCD Panel
- TFT-Array Substrate
- Color Filter Substrate
2. Driving Circuit Unit
- LCD Driver IC (LDI) Chips
- Multi-layer PCBs
- Driving Circuits
3. Backlight & Chassis Unit
- Backlight Unit
- Chassis Assembly
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The TFT-array substrate contains the TFTs, storage capacitors, pixel electrodes,
and interconnect wiring. The color filter contains the black matrix and resin film
containing three primary-color - red, green, and blue - dyes or pigments. The
two glass substrates are assembled with a sealant, the gap between them is
maintained by spacers, and LC material is injected into the gap between the
substrates. Two sheets of polarizer film are attached to the outer faces of the
sandwich formed by the glass substrates. A set of bonding pads are fabricated
on each end of the gate and data-signal bus-lines to attach LCD Driver IC (LDI)
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To reduce the footprint of the LCD module, the drive circuit unit can be placed
on the backside of the LCD module by using bent Tape Carrier Packages (TCPs)
and a tapered light-guide panel (LGP).
For example, an SVGA color TFT LCD panel has total of 800x3x600, or
1,440,000, unit pixels. Each unit pixel is connected to one of the gate bus-lines
and one of the data bus-lines in a 3mxn matrix format. The matrix is 2400x600
for SVGA.
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Because each unit pixel is connected through the matrix, each is individually
addressable from the bonding pads at the ends of the rows and columns.
The performance of the TFT LCD is related to the design parameters of the unit
pixel, i.e., the channel width W and the channel length L of the TFT, the overlap
between TFT electrodes, the sizes of the storage capacitor and pixel electrode,
and the space between these elements.
The design parameters associated with the black matrix, the bus-lines, and the
routing of the bus lines also set very important performance limits on the LCD.
In a TFT LCD's unit pixel, the liquid crystal layer on the ITO pixel electrode
forms a capacitor whose counter electrode is the common electrode on the
color-filter substrate.
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voltage applied to each pixel varies from frame to frame. If the LC voltage
changes unevenly between frames, the result would be a 30-Hz flicker.
(One frame period is normally 1/60 of a second.) Other drive methods are
available that prevent this flicker problem.
In an active-matrix panel, the gate and source electrodes are used on a shared
basis, but each unit pixel is individually addressable by selecting the appropriate
two contact pads at the ends of the rows and columns.
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can generate. There can be either a discrete numbers of levels - such as 8, 16, 64,
or 256 - or a continuous gradation of levels, depending on the LDI.
Generating Colors
The color filter of a TFT LCD TV consists of three primary colors - red (R),
green (G), and blue (B) - which are included on the color-filter substrate.
The elements of this color filter line up one-to-one with the unit pixels on the
TFT-array substrate.
Each pixel in a color LCD is subdivided into three subpixels, where one set of
RGB subpixels is equal to one pixel.
(Each subpixel consists of what we've been calling a unit pixel up to this point.)
Because the subpixels are too small to distinguish independently, the RGB
elements appear to the human eye as a mixture of the three colors.
Any color, with some qualifications, can be produced by mixing these three
primary colors. The total number of display colors using an n-bit LDI is given
by 23n, because each subpixel can generate 2n different transmittance levels..
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A Sub-Pixel:
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(This Gate Drive Signals & Supply lines information is use for the LCD Panel
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1. VON, Gate-On Supply. VON is the positive supply voltage for the 20V~ 35V
VGH, CKV_, CKVB_, and STVP high-voltage driver outputs. Bypass
to GND with a minimum 1uF ceramic capacitor.
VGON,
VDDG This VGH (VGate High) voltage was generated by DC-DC
circuits. And their voltage is about 20V ~30V but it will
depends on the T-con board design. The feature of VGH
voltage is to supply to the Gate Driver Board as a “Switch
ON” feature. It can switch on the TFT cells in LCD Panel and
display shows.
2. VOFF, Gate-Off Supply. VOFF is the negative supply voltage for -5V~ -12V
VGL, the CKV_, CKVB_, and STVP high-voltage driver outputs. (Commonly
Bypass to GND with a minimum 1uF ceramic capacitor.
VGOFF, is -5V ~
VEEG The VGL (VGateLow) voltage was generated by the DC-DC -8V)
section too. Some T-con board will use a higher voltage as -
15V or a lower voltage as -1V. So it will depend on the T-
con design and it’s not much on the market. Typically is -
5V~ -7V. This negative voltage is supply to Gate Driver
Board. The VGL voltage is as “Switch Off” feature. When
VGL negative voltage is supply, the VGH voltage on TFT
cells will “Clear” by VGL voltage, so that the next data can
shows on that TFT cells.
3. VDD, Supply Input. VDD is the logic supply input for the scan 3.3V
Vlogic, driver. Bypass to GND through a minimum 0.1uF capacitor.
Vddd, This VDD voltage is output from the DC-DC IC or using an
Dvdd external Voltage Regulator IC to generate. It is 3.3V and
other voltages like 2.5V (VDD25) and 1.8V (VDD18) was
using the VDD 3.3V voltage to convert. After VDD voltage
generate it is supply to Timing Control section, Source
Driver Board and Gate Driver Board.
4. VDA, This VDA voltage is about 14V ~20V and it will depends on 13V~ 25V
Avdd, their T-con board design. The VDA voltage is generated by
DC-DC Converter circuits. It is use to supply to the GAMMA
Vdda, circuits and reaching to the Source Driver Board
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9. STV Vertical Sync Input. The rising edge of STV begins a frame
of data. The STV input is used to generate the high-voltage
STVP output.
11. CPV1 CPV (Clock Pulse Vertical) -Vertical Clock Pulse Input. CPV1
controls the timing of the CKV1 and CKVB1 outputs, which
change state (by first sharing charge) on its falling edge.
12. CPV2 Vertical Clock Pulse Input. CPV2 controls the timing of the
CKV2 and CKVB2 outputs, which change state (by first
sharing charge) on its falling edge.
13. CPV3 Vertical Clock Pulse Input. CPV3 controls the timing of the
CKV3 and CKVB3 outputs, which change state (by first
sharing charge) on its falling edge.
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30. EN Enables the Scan IC. Drive EN high to start up the Scan IC
after a delay time, which is set by a capacitor at DLY.
32. GOFF Gate-Off Supply. GOFF is the negative supply voltage for
the CKV_, CKVB_, and STVP_ high-voltage driver outputs.
Bypass to AGND with a minimum of 1µF ceramic capacitor.
33. GON Gate-On Supply. GON is the positive supply voltage for the
CKV_, CKVB_, and STVP_ high-voltage driver outputs.
Bypass to AGND with a minimum of 1µF ceramic capacitor.
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39. OUT Adjustable Sink-Current Output. OUT connects to the
resistive voltage-divider at the op amp input POS (between
BOOST and GND) that determines the VCOM output
voltage. IOUT lowers the divider voltage by a
programmable amount.
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The Timing Control Section and DC-DC Circuit are Built-in the Main
Board
So if you have enough knowledge on how the Timing Control and their DC-DC
circuit works, then it is no problem to troubleshooting and repairing it.
Actually the small sizes LCD/LED Panel, their Timing Control and the DC-DC
circuit were built-in the Panel long time ago. And we call this board as LCD
Controller Board. But they are same thing, just the name is different. For more
basic knowledge of T-Con Board, please refer to the V3.0 ebook for more
details. If we know how the T-con board work and also know how to
troubleshoot it, then it will help us to repair the T-con board or LCD Panel
easily. Another problem to repair the T-con board/section is their spare parts. So
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After that the VDD voltage will send to Timing Control section and its’ start
working. Timing Control IC will send an ON signal to DC-DC Converter
section to switch on DC-DC circuits and generates other voltages like VDA,
VGH & VGL. At the same time, LVDS signal will reach on Timing Control
section and converts to RSDS signals and send to Source & Gate Driver Boards
and reached to LCD Panel.
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From the above picture, you will know how the signals and voltages are using
in T-con Board, Source Driver Board, Gate Driver Board and LCD panel. Some
big sizes lcd panel, they are using left Source & Gate Driver Board and right
Source & Gate Driver Board. But their signals and voltages are same as the
above picture. After the RSDS data and various type of voltages sent to LCD
Panel, screen will show the display with backlight provided, we can seen the
display perfectly.
Notes:
CIG = Chip IN Glass (Most of the Samsung LCD Panel using this type of Gate
IC).
This voltage input also calls it as Vcc supply for T-CON board. Most of the
LCD TV Panel are using 12V and 5V, but a little bit LCD panel design is using
3.3V (like Sharp TX38D21 lcd panel and other 15 inches lcd panel are using the
3.3V). IMPORTANT: Please make sure voltage supply to T-con Vcc is correct,
if not it will damage the T-con or LCD Panel. Because some of the OEM
LCD/LED TV mainboard, they are design to supply two type of voltages to T-
con Vcc (Panel_Vcc), one is 5V and another is 12V. It is set by a jumper or
solder 0 ohm SMD resistor in the right position to select different voltages on
mainboard.
This voltage input to the T-con board and then supply to DC-DC section and the
voltage regulator IC (depends on T-con board design).
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This VDD voltage is output from the DC-DC IC or using an external Voltage
Regulator IC to generate. It is 3.3V and other voltages like 2.5V (VDD25) and
1.8V (VDD18) was using the VDD 3.3V voltage to convert.
This VDA voltage is about 14V ~20V and it will depends on their T-con board
design. The VDA voltage is generated by DC-DC Converter circuits. It is use to
supply to the GAMMA circuits and reaching to the Source Driver Board.
This VGH (VGate High) voltage was generated by DC-DC circuits. And their
voltage is about 20V ~30V but it will depends on the T-con board design. The
feature of VGH voltage is to supply to the Gate Driver Board as a “Switch ON”
feature. It can switch on the TFT cells in LCD Panel and display shows.
The VGL (VGateLow) voltage was generated by the DC-DC section too. Some T-
con board will use a higher voltage as -15V or a lower voltage as -1V. So it will
depend on the T-con design and it’s not much on the market. Typically is -5V~
-7V. This negative voltage is supply to Gate Driver Board. The VGL voltage is
as “Switch Off” feature. When VGL negative voltage is supply, the VGH
voltage on TFT cells will “Clear” by VGL voltage, so that the next data can
shows on that TFT cells.
Notes:
Some old design T-con board they had different voltages for the DC-DC section.
For example, the ChiMei LC-TM3008A LCD Panel is using V296W1-C1 X7
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T-con board. This T-con board using FA3629 DC-DC IC and their voltage
outputs are: 3.3V, 5V (both voltages using external voltage regulator IC to
generate), 15V, -15V & 45V. So must refer to their original T-con board design
and output voltages.
But the problem is not all LCD/LED TV and Monitor are using the T-CON
board, especially the LCD/LED Monitor and Laptop LCD/LED Panel their
Timing Control section are built inside the Panel or call it as LCD Controller.
I found that lots of the LCD/LED Monitor and Laptop Panel/Screen problem
can be repair but lots of the repairers just throw away it into the rubbish. And
then replace a new Panel or just return back the Monitor to customer and say
beyond repair or not worth to repair.
So we must learn how the T-CON work and the method to troubleshoot it. No
wonder the Timing Control section is design inside the Panel, T-CON Board or
Main Board, so that we know how it works and where to checking their circuit.
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1) VDA voltage go through the R335 resistor to generate the VDA_OP voltage
for GAMMA IC U6 (HX8915-A, similar with the AS15 series IC) Vcc input
use.
2) The VDA voltage also goes to D1 & D4 to generate the VREF (Voltage
Reference) voltage and send it to their voltage divider resistor circuits.
Normally the VREF circuit just uses the D1 (KA431 type component) to
generated VREF voltage only. This VREF voltage normally is about 12.5V. But
different design it has a bit different on it.
3) For this T-CON board V315B3-C01, the VDA voltage also sends to U2 to
generate the VSCM voltage and then send to U6 to generate the VCM (Vcom)
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voltage. Normally this VCM voltage is generated by the VREF circuit. The
VREF output line go through two resistors as voltage divider resistor circuit and
get the VSCM voltage, and then send it to U6 (HX8915A) to output the VCM
(Vcom) voltage. This Vcom voltage will send to the LCD Panel glass.
Note:
The Vcom (VCM, Common Voltage) voltage is about half of the VREF voltage.
Remember this rules, the VCM voltage is about half of the VREF voltage. If the
Vcom voltage not stable or their voltage is out from the original values, the TV
display will abnormal or their brightness problem.
After the VREF voltage was generated, it will send to 2 groups of resistors
voltage dividing circuits. These 2 groups of resistors voltage divider resistor
circuits will divided the VREF voltage to 14 channels different voltages call it
as VS1~VS14 GAMMA voltages. But these voltages can’t direct send to the
LCD Panel use, they need to send it to the buffer IC U6 (HX8915A or AS15 IC),
and then it will output the GAMMA voltages GM1~GM14. These GAMMA
voltages will send to the LCD Panel Source Driver board.
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Finally the GAMMA voltages and the Vcom (VCM) voltages were generated
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15.17V, 14.16V, 11.99V, 11.40V, 10.67V, 9.88V, 8.21V, 6.27V, 5.99V, 5.20V,
4.26V, 3.36V, 1.35V, 0.73V
If you found the GAMMA Channel Voltages like these, that’s mean the
GAMMA circuit is failure and you need to check it. If not find any components
failure, just try to replace their buffer IC like AS15, HX8915A & etc.
1) 11.5V, 10V, 8V, 3V, 7.06V, 6.75V, 6.03V, 5.73V, 4.88V, 4.02V, 3.66V,
2.81V, 1.35V, 0.53V
2) 0.78V, 1.45V, 2.28V, 3.88V, 4.34V, 5.02V, 5.78V, 6.67V, 9.23V, 8.95V,
8.55V, 9.46V, 10.78V, 12.3V
You can check the GAMMA voltages on the T-CON board and their marking
code is GM, CM, PGM or etc.
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Besides the DC-DC circuit has higher failure rate in T-Con board, the second is
the GAMMA circuit. So if the GAMMA voltages abnormal, it will cause the
TV display color abnormal, display noise in the display background or etc.
1.VGH (VON): Display will slow motion, white screen, display darkness
or display blank.
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D1= 431W
Q2= 4422
U1 & U2 = EM636165TS
U3= CM2681A
U5= 24LC128
U6= AS15-G
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UP1= AT1380AP (pin1= 0.5V, pin2= 0, pin3= 5V, pin4= 0V, pin5= 2.6V,
pin6= GND, pin7= 0.36V, pin8= 0.19V)
VCM= 5.9V, VREF= 12V, VDD= 3.3V, VGH= 19V, VDA= 13.5V,
VGHP= 24V, VGL= -5.6V
When U6 (AS15-G) fail, the TV will occur symptom like: display distortion, no
display, TV auto shutdown & etc. The AS15 IC can use HX8915-A as a
replacement at V315B1-L01, V315B3-L01, V315B1-L08 and V315B3-L04 T-
CON Board.
The D1 (431W) pin1 (C)=12V, pin2 (R)= 2.4V and pin3 (A)= GND. When D1
damage, U6 (AS15-G) will no VREF voltage output and causing the TV no
display symptom. Note: 431W and M431A is not same pin position, their pin1
& pin2 are opposite. So be careful when using the M431A as a replacement. But
we can direct replace it with the “N1B” marking code 431 component on the
inverter board.
LP2= 3.3V
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U5= i7822 (pin1&2= VST 0.6V, pin3= 0.6V, pin4= GND, pin5= 5.8V, pin6&7-
VCOM= 5.5V, pin8-VDA= 13.7V)
VDD= 3.3V, VDA= 13.7V, VGH= 18V, VGL= -5.5V, VCOM= 5.5V,
GVON= 0V, GVOFF= 2.6V, VAA= 13.7V, VGHP= 20V
When U16 is using the CM2679D, the UP8 is use the 1.8V LDO. For the
CM2679B &C is use the 2.5V LDO. The LVDS Input Resistors for
CM2679B/C their good ohm values (between the resistor and GND) is about
400 ohm. If that is CM2679D is about 500 ohm. If the R149 ohm values
increases, normally this is because of the U16 (CM2679) is defective.
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C= CP28, DP7 or Q9 damage will causing the 23V no output and the TV will
No Display symptom.
D1= 431
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U5= 24LC128
U6= CM2677B
U14= AS19-G
UP2= FPS138, UP3= MAX1858, UP8= 2.5V (LDO), UP9= 2.5V (LDO)
VGHP= 23V, GVON= 0V, GVOFF= 2.6V, VGH= 21V, VGL= -5.5,
When the voltage supply 13.5V & 23V their filter capacitor is leakage or
shorted, the TV will No Display. Also for the other voltage supply like VDDC-
3.3V, VREF-12V, VDA-13.5V, VGH-21V, VGL=-5.5V, UP8&9=2.5V if
missing, the TV also No Display.
If the U6 (CM2677B) dry joins or U14 (AS19-G) damage will causing the TV
display distortion problem. When the U1 (8902) damage and causing the
VCOM 5.5V missing, the TV display will become white screen.
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IC201= E3A (same as 431), IC202= ISL24003, IC501= ISL976, L502= 3.3V
Q501= 576RE (pin1,2,5&6 is output, pin3 is a control pin, pin4= 13.7V input)
VREF= 12V
C= This 13.7V line filter capacitors always short circuit in this T-CON board.
Looks like a common fault in this T-CON board.
CNSR2 & CNSL2=> pin7 &8= -6.2V, pin9&10= 24V, pin11&12= 13.7V, pin
13&14= 6.5V, pin15&16= 3.3V, pin 17&18= 13.7V
D501= 3.3V
IC104= IS42S32200
IC301= M431A
U501= 8728E
VREF= 12V
C537= 24V
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R528= 13.7V
R545= -6.2V
When one of these IC: IC302, IC303, IC304, IC305 or IC306 defective, the TV
display will be darkness. This IC101 has higher damage rate in this T-Con
board. For example, their symptom likes no display and display distortion.
Testing the working voltage with Changhong LED37B1000C LED TV and the
screen is no display with blue screen only.
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Some of the T-con board design, if there’s an inverter-switching fault occur, the
LED light will remain on. If the LED light off, that’s mean the inverter section
is working fine.
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VIN: 5V, VDD: 3.3V, VDA: 15.6V, VGH: 30.9V, VGL: -1.6V
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This T-con board is using CM1682A as Timing Control IC, TPS65161 as a DC-
DC Converter IC and HX8915 for generates the GAMMA voltages. Here are
the T-con board good voltages testing points:
Vin: 12V, VGH: GATE ON= 21V, VGL: GATE OFF= -5.6V, VDA= 15.9V,
VDD33= 3.3V, VDD18= 1.8V
If each of their voltages changes, it will make the display on screen change too.
Here is the good example of the change of T-con board voltages:
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1) If the VGL line voltage drops to -1V it will looks like this:
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3) If the VGH voltage drops to 6V, display will looks like the weakness CRT
TV tube as picture below:
4) For the GAMMA and VCOM circuit, if these circuit voltage lines abnormal
the display screen will change to white screen, negative display and so on.
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Check the T-con board and found that SMD fuse burnt. If this type of
symptom doesn’t just put another fuse to power on the TV, it may damage
seriously again.
Repair/Solution:
Since the SMD fuse burnt, must using the Multimeter checking Vcc input
line with GND ohm values. The values show it is normal, continue checking the
other voltages lines like VGL, VGH, VDA & etc. Finally found VDA line to
GND was shorted and it was 0 ohm. Disconnect the both FPC cables, VDA line
still remain shorted. Now checking their VDA line corresponding components
and found the CP12 shorted. After remove CP12, VDA line ohm values back to
normal and testing this CP12 was confirm it had shorted. After replace SMD
fuse and CP12, the VDA output 15.9V and TV is working properly.
Repair/Solution:
Check the Vin have 12V input and other voltages lines also normal
except VDA line is 0V. Because of the T-con board DC-DC voltage control by
the timing control, as follows: VDD25, VDD18 => VDA => VGL =>VGH, the
VDA is control by TPS65161 pin 27 output logic high/low signal (voltage) to
QP1 (P-ch MOSFET) pin 4, when signal logic low received the MOSFET is
switch ON and the VDA voltage has output and reaching to the GAMMA
correction IC.
Test the QP1 MOSFET, pins 1, 2 & 3 have 15.9V. It had proved that the
VDA voltage is present. Testing MOSFET pin 4 is logic low signal, but pins 5,
6, 7 & 8 no VDA output! Remove and testing the QP1 MOSFET and found it
had opened circuit. After replace QP1, the VDA got 15.9V output and display
back to normal.
Note: If don’t have the QP1 on hand, temporary can just using a wire
connect QP1 pins 1 and 8, so it will bypass the QP1 switch function and testing
T-con board is ok or not.
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Repair/Solution:
The vertical color stripes is slowly increase till full screen of vertical
color stripes. This symptom could be the VGH circuit abnormal. Check the
VGHP has 21V but VGH is 0.3V only instead of 21V. Testing QP7 (2N7002)
pin 2 is logic high, pin 6 has 21V. For testing purpose, try to using a wire
connect QP7 pin 6 to pin 4. After connected the wire, the VGH has 21V output
now and display show perfectly. After replace the QP7, display is working
properly now.
Repair/Solution:
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on it again the voltages will come. When the no voltages output, power off the
TV, using the finger touch the IC and feeling their temperature is a bit high but
not extremely hot. Suspect the FPC cables problem; remove both CN1 & 2 and
measure the VGH voltage still not stable. So the problem is still in VGH circuit
line. Check the VGH line corresponding components, by disconnecting the
CP19, CP43 and found that when removed CP43, the VGH voltage line is back
to 21V! Replace CP43 with 1uF/50V, the T-con problem solved.
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Part-3
How to
Troubleshooting &
Repairing LCD/LED
T-CON & Panel
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This type of screen problem, you need to see their backlight is lit or not. If the
backlight lit but no display, then use the volt meter to check their T-con board
VCC supplies input voltage. If the Vcc has 12V or a similar voltage, that’s
mean the problem is on T-CON board or Panel. If the T-con VCC input voltage
missing, you need to trace it back to mainboard.
We can use the LCD/LED Panel Tester to checking their T-con + Panel are
working or not. So to confirm the problem is on Mainboard or Panel. Also we
can use the other two testers too.
3) White Display
Normally this type of problem is the T-con or Panel damage. If you use the
LVDS convert to VGA Tester, the TV Mainboard can output a perfect display
on its LCD screen there.
Normally this type of problem is the T-con or Panel damage. If you use the
LVDS convert to VGA Tester, the TV Mainboard can output a perfect display
on its LCD screen there.
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Normally this type of problem is the T-con or Panel damage. If you use the
LVDS convert to VGA Tester, the TV Mainboard can output a perfect display
on its LCD screen there.
Most of the time, this type of screen problem is causing by their T-con. If
you’re not sure, you can call out their TV OSD Menu. It is also same problem
too. If their OSD Menu can show a perfect image on the screen, that’s mean the
problem is in the Mainboard there.
Or just use the LCD Panel Tester to testing it, you will know the result directly.
This type of screen symptom, you can try call out their OSD Menu to see it is
normal or not. If OSD Menu normal, that’s mean the problem is on the
Mainboard. If still same problem, then you needs to use the LCD Panel Tester
or another two testers to testing this TV.
Notes:
b) VGH, VGL
If these voltage missing or abnormal, the screen will become slow motion
or abnormal display.
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c) Vcom
If this voltage missing or abnormal, the screen will flashing or display not
sharp (like low level contrast screen).
1) Magnifier: more than 60X is better. Also prepare a small magnifier in the
pocket, when need to see a small thing or lines it will helps to you.
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2) A clean and big table: To suitable for big size LCD Panel repair. Like the
photo above. Also put the fluorescent light below the table as a backlight of
Panel.
3) Vacuum Pad: To let us easy to pick up the LCD Panel safely and easily.
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4) LCD/LED Panel Tester: This is a MUST have tool to let us easily diagnosis
LCD Panel working or not, and no more guess game in LCD Panel repair. If
you know how to setting TV Mainboard and programming their firmware
through ISP Programmer, you can use the Universal TV Mainboard as a LCD
Panel Tester. Because the Universal TV Mainboard can support more range of
LCD Panel. It can support 15inches ~42 inches or 26 inches ~84inches LCD
Panel.
With the above tools and equipment, it will increase your LCD Panel repairing
speed and you will enjoy repairing LCD Panel.
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Unfortunately, they bought the wrong package of this LCD/LED Panel Tester.
Please look at the picture below:
The above LCD Panel Tester is a standard package only. The seller put their
advertisement say this Tester can support LCD Panel from 10 inches until 55 or
higher inches too! But from the above picture to see that, it is not user friendly
for the TV repair!! When you bought the above LCD Panel Tester package, this
tester will not help much in TV Panel repair.
Because of the seller not put all type of the LVDS cables to standard package of
LCD/LED Panel Tester. When you want to testing the 32, 37, 39, 40, 42, 47, 50,
55 inches TV panel with this tool, you will feel the lack of the LVDS cables to
testing the above TV Panel.
So I will recommend you when purchase this type of LCD/LED Panel, you
must ask the seller to purchase extra LVDS cables like: 8-bits Single & Dual
Channels types, and also for the 10-bits Single & Dual Channels LVDS cables.
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Important Note:
1) Make sure that the T-CON Vcc input voltage pins are connected correctly
to LCD/LED Panel Tester.
2) Also choose the correct LCD Panel voltage values for the TV Panel need
to test.
If just wrong doing the above either one, it can damage and burn the LCD/LED
TV Panel!!! So be careful on this part, if not, afterward you will regret.
One more thing is make sure the TV backlight is working properly. If not you
can’t see anything on TV screen.
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a) First is call out the TV OSD Menu (just click on the remote control
MENU button is ok). If the OSD Menu can show good display, that’s mean the
problem is in the Mainboard or there LVDS cable/s there. But when the display
problem still present on the OSD Menu there, that mean higher percentage is
their T-con board or LCD Panel defective. But this method is not 100% accurate.
b) So using the LCD Panel Tester to test the T-con board and we can
know the result directly. Or we can also using the Universal TV Mainboard as
an LCD Panel Tester. If you know how change their setting. Besides these LCD
Panel testers, actually I also found other design LCD Panel tester in the market
now. But compare with their price and performance, I think these two types
LCD Panel Tester is ok to use. Unless you’re repair the 4K (or above) type LCD
Panel.
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c) Using the good tools can help us to isolate the TV Display problem made
easy, for example:
- This type of tester have two design, one is their tester build in the
LCD screen and another one is need to connect to a monitor to see the video
output is normal or not. Normally, this tester can test Mainboard output video
signals LVDS to VGA and see the result on its own LCD screen or connect it to
a monitor to see the display result. This tester is looks like the picture below:
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- This type of tester is more expensive than the above two. Because
of this tester can support to the latest 2K~4K TV Panel. It also same as the
LVDS convert to VGA Tester, the display result can see on its own LCD screen
or connect to a VGA monitor. Please see on the picture below:
The item (ii) & (iii) tester also use for TV mainboard repair. Because the
mainboard just supply the voltage input and their LVDS output just connects to
the Tester and you will know this Mainboard can output a good display or not.
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d) Use an Oscilloscope (about 100MHz, higher is better but cost high) to
measure the LVDS signals to determine mainboard have LVDS signals
reaching the T-con board. So that you can confirm the mainboard is ok or
not. But this method was not 100% accurate. If the display abnormal but
the mainboard still have send the LVDS signals to T-con board. Or you
have all the good waveform and values records on your own for that
mainboard & T-con board. So that you can compare each other and know
which signals waveform are good and bad. Below are the pictures of how
T-con board Vcc input to T-con and the mainboard LVDS signals
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The scope probe was placed on a random LVDS connector pin with a full
field color bar input. Note: Both pictures look different due to the
time/division settings.
When full field color bar input signal has been removed, the scope will
look like pictures below with different time/division:
This check will verify whether or not the LVDS signal is reaching to the
T-con board.
Actually this method not only can repair the display Double Images problem, it
cans also diagnosis the LCD Panel at the same time. Even this method is not
100% accurate but it still acceptable. Compare to the TV repairer have buy the
TAB Bonding Machine. Normally they are just directly replacing a working T-
con board to testing it. Even that T-con was built-in the Source PCB board.
Their reason is this method will save time and increase the repairing speed.
Because they need to repair over 200 pcs LCD panel per month. But the
question is, when all these LCD Panel came in with different brands and models,
so how can they prepare all these T-con board? It will stuck the cash flow for a
company.
So why not learn the troubleshooting & repairing skills to save money and even
troubleshooting time if you know exactly how it work.
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But I received several members email said they hard to successful repair the TV
Panel. Finally, I found that they have a same mistake to learn the knowledge of
repair TV Panel.
For example:
I asked him, did you check the VGH voltage until to the X-COF pin there? He
said no. Then I asked him to check again. But I forgot to tell him that LCD
Panel has 3 x external Gate COF and also need to check too. So next email, he
told me that the VGH voltage normal even measure until the X-COF pins there.
So he feels like this TV Panel is beyond repair and need to return back to
customer.
So I encourage him try again. Because he never finish check the VGH yet.
Luckily, when he check the Gate COF-1 (COF BoardView or my previously
call it as Bypass Modification) and found that VGH voltage missing! So he
connects a wire from T-con board VGH point to the Gate COF-1 VGH point.
Finally, his TV Panel problem solved!
From the above story, we know that different people even learn from a same
book, but get a different result! Hopefully, the entire TV repairers don’t do this
mistake again.
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So using a wire solder on mainboard Panel_Vcc point and another side solder to
T-con Vcc input. You MUST make sure the T-con board Vcc/Vin voltage first
and then checking that mainboard Panel_Vcc voltage is same as your T-con Vin.
After make sure their voltage is correct then solder them with a wire. If not it
will damage your T-con board or LCD Panel! Other section like PSU, Inverter,
and CCFL/EEFL Lamps just connected as it. Make sure WITHOUT connect the
LVDS cable/s.
After that power on the TV, you will see White, Red, Blue, Green and Black
patterns show on screen. So that you can confirm the T-con Board, LCD Panel,
CCFL/EEFL Lamps, PSU/IP Board are ok. Otherwise the T-con is defective.
For example: if the TV having the display distortion problem, but you not sure
is it the T-con board or mainboard problem. So you can use this method to
testing the T-con board. If the T-con can show a good display (Color patterns)
on the screen, so that problem is the mainboard or LVDS cable/s. Also don’t
forget to check the T-con board LVDS cable connector socket for dry joins or
pins problem.
For example, the LG 42LK520 LCD TV T-con Board Self Test Method:
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The TAB Bypass Modification method is use to solve the LCD Panel Gate
Driver control lines and supply voltage lines circuit break inside the glass! If
your LCD Panel facing this problem, even you have the expensive TAB
Bonding Machine also can’t help in this issue.
How to do the TAB Bypass Modification? First we need to standby some tools
and spare parts before starting to do the TAB Bypass Modification.
1) Multimeter
4) TAB Bypass List (inside this ebook Part-5: TAB/COF Bypass List)
* If you know where to connect from T-con board or Source PCB to TAB
IC correct point, then no need to refer to this list.
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resistance. Now we can use the thin copper wire to solder Y-TAB VGH voltage
point. After that find the VGH point on Source PCB or T-con board there and
solder that thin copper wire. That’s all.
Sometime the circuit break inside the LCD Panel glass is not just one line only.
Maybe 2 or more lines, especially their top corner side if broken a bit. It can be
more than 10 lines too!
If TAB part number not in the list or we don’t know which point is for which
signal line, so how to solve this problem? Actually we can use the Magnifier
over 60X to trace their lines from Source PCB to the Y-TAB there. If the LCD
Panel top corner is broken, so we can use this method to repair the LCD Panel.
Because when the Panel top corner side is broken, it will need to connect more
than 5 or 10 lines! So it will hard to get the full TAB voltage point, unless you
use this method to find it out.
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2. Checking the voltage values on Y-TAB to make sure that supply voltages or
signals is reaching there. If not, that’s mean this line is circuit break inside the
Panel glass.
3. Solder the appropriate TAB point, where their voltage or signal lines are open
circuit from Source PCB.
4. Finally solder these wires to the correct points on the Source PCB.
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3) When suspect one of the Gate Driver side has short circuit in
signal lines or voltage supply lines.
4) The LCD Panel has fully of horizontal thin lines on the screen.
We must know which are the Gate Driver control signal lines (included the
clock lines) and voltage lines (VGH, VGL and so on). Normally these signal
and voltage lines are going through the first X-TAB (X1) to right side Gate
Driver and the last X-TAB (Xn) to left side of Gate Driver.
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When a display problem occurs and suspects it is the T-con board or LCD Panel
failure:
If this LCD Panel has the T-con board, it is easy to do the Cut Off Modification
testing. Just remove their FPC cables one by one. For example:
a) First write down the Gate Driver control signals and supply voltage
values on the paper.
b) Power off TV, remove one side of FPC cable from T-con board. Now
power on TV and see the display screen result. If half of the display normal and
another half is blank (or no display) refer to the photo below, that’s mean, the
problem was in the right side of Panel Gate Driver. And confirm this is a LCD
Panel problem. Remember to write down their signals and supply voltage values.
So find the failure Right side of Gate Driver control signals (if that is
Double Images problem, Display Jumping, Horizontal bars/lines Jittering and so
on), CKV1, 2, 3…, CKVB1, 2, 3…, STVP, VCST, OE and so on. For how to
cut off the signal lines please refer to the Part-4: Double Images repair case
histories. If the display problem is slow motion on the screen, you need to find
their supply voltage lines like VGH (most of the time is this voltage failure),
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DVDD, VGL and so on to do the TAB Bypass Modification. If that LCD Panel
is without the external Y-TABs, and the voltage values are normal, that’s mean
this LCD Panel is beyond repair. Because the problem was inside the Gate
Driver glass, so nothing we can do for this LCD Panel.
If the result is both side also show failure display on the screen and their
voltages recorded were all normal, that’s mean this LCD Panel is NOT worth to
repair it, if LCD Panel is no Y-TAB on both sides of Gate Driver. If one or both
sides have the Y-TABs there, then you need to use the TAB Bonding Machine
to replace their Y-TABs to save the LCD Panel. But some time with this
situation, about 20% of LCD Panel with above symptom (both sides show bad
display) can be repaired. But this LCD Panel is not last long.
If the result is both side also show failure display on the screen and their
voltages recorded for T-con board is abnormal, then we can suspect the problem
is in the T-con board not the LCD Panel! From here we can isolate the problem
is in the T-con or LCD Panel defective!
For big inches LCD Panel with 4 FPC cables, it also uses the same
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For the LCD Panel without T-con board and no any external Y-TABs it is hard
to swap testing both sides of Gate Driver. But we still can cut off their Gate
Driver supply voltages like VGH, VGL and DVDD (3.3v) for one side first. So
the display will show half screen is ok, another half screen is blank/black. So
their result will same as “With T-con” method. If the first half display can show
a good images but another one is bad images, this LCD Panel can be repair. If
both sides also showing bad images, that’s mean this LCD Panel is beyond
repair.
To learn how to cut off the signal lines please refer to the “Part-4: Double
Images repair case histories” for more details.
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The main purpose of TAB Bonding Machine is to use for bonding the
TAB/COF on the LCD Panel only. Is the TAB Bonding Machine is a
compulsory tool to repair LCD Panel? My answer is not really. Because it will
depends on the repairing business. For example how many quantity of LCD
Panel need to repair every month? If your answer is HUGE over 50 or 100 pcs
above, I will highly recommend you buy a good TAB Bonding Machine to earn
more profit from this field.
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The TAB Bonding Machine is not a cheap tool and their cost for the TAB &
ACF cleaning chemical, ACF glue and so on is very high. So if your repairing
business didn’t have this repairing volume on LCD Panel, I will not recommend
buying it. But when you buy the TAB Bonding Machine, make sure you’re
choose a good quality with a good support seller or manufacturer, if not it will
waste your money and time!
If you’re interesting to buy the TAB Bonding Machine please contact me at:
fastrepairguide@gmail.com or http://www.lcdrepairguide.com/tools/
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Latest LCD Panel repair equipment is Laser Repair System. This is a new repair
machine for LCD Panel repair. The price for this machine is very expensive
than TAB Bonding Machine. It is about 10X more expensive than the TAB
Bonding Machine! This LCD Panel repair equipment is use by the LCD Panel
manufacturer or the LCD Panel Repair manufacturer only. This laser repair
system can repair:
- Actually they just use this laser system to “turn off” that bright dot only.
Where this bright dot after laser machine repair, it will change to “black dot”
only. So a one black dot will hard to see or scan by human eyes.
3) And so on.
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Part-4
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LCD/LED Screen
Panel Repair Case
Histories
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The display device typically includes a gate driver and a data driver. The gate
driver applies to a gate line a gate signal that turns a pixel on and off, and the
data driver converts image data into data voltages and then applies the
converted data voltage to a data line.
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“We are interested only in gate signal circuit, this is the one that faults and
need to be fixed”
The gate signals are processed by the scan driver circuits and amplified by the
level shifter to analog signals, which are outputted as the gate pulses for
scanning the display panel.
Gate driving circuits can be mounted - (TCP) tape carrier package or printed on
glass - (COG) chip on glass. On Samsung panels, gate driving circuits were
replaced since 2008-2009 with gate drivers on glass mounted transistors, using
ASG technology (Amorphous Silicon Gate).
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Each gate line has a block circuit glass mounted transistors called SR, made
using ASG technology. The gate driver receives clock signals CKV and CKVB
and the start signal STVP, and sequentially apply on voltages to gate lines G1-
Gn.
The display area 300 is represented by the resistor Rp and the capacitor
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Cp. As show below, the gate lines G1-Gn, and the liquid crystal capacitor CIc
and storage capacitor Cst , respectively have the resistance and capacitance, and
the sum thereof is represented by one resistor Rp and one capacitor Cp. The
gate voltage output from each line block SR1-SRn is analog transmitted through
the gate line corresponding.
The SR blocks are connected between, with glass printed connections, and
when a component of one SR block faults, owing to the fact that is on glass, the
repair is impossible.
CKV and phase opposition CKVB signal, and start STVP signal, are
synchronizing the gate outputs to screen lines. For a small screen, we will have
only one set of signals: CKV, CKVB and STVP. For a bigger screen, we will
have 2 gate drivers blocks and 2 sets of signals, CKV1, CKVB1, STVP1 and
CKV2, CKVB2, STVP2, each of this signals sets will command a gate driver on
down or upper side of the screen.
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The fault can be visible on whole screen, half of screen, so we need to cut in
either signals sets, or one by one, depending on each situation. On large screen
panels, starting with 32 inch, there are gate drivers on both sides of the screen,
and we can have 2, 3 or 4 sets of signals. In this case, the command of 4 blocks
gate drivers (CKV1.....CKV4, etc) are made in various ways, one way it is as
below:
- First gate signal will command upper side of screen odd lines, second
gate signal - lower side of screen odd lines, third gate signal will
command upper side of screen even lines, fourth gate signal lower side of
screen even lines.
(2.1) The generating circuit for gate drivers, called LEVEL SHIFTER or SCAN
DRIVER, can be mounted on T-CON drivers, on PCB (printed wire board)
connected to screen, or in glass screen.
(2.2) When level shifter is in glass cell, you cannot disconnect it, but you can try
to disconnect the input signal – CPV, STV and OE. This signals will go on both
sides of the screen, thru left and right PCB, you can disconnect one side first,
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check if any improvement, and if not, disconnect other side and re-connect first
one.
(2.3) First of all you have to check is: where is the LEVER SHIFTER IC, by
finding check points CKV CKVB and STVP. Usually the LEVER SHIFTER is
on TCON board or on T-CON PCB attached to the screen glass cell.
(2.4) When you cut CKV, CKVB and STVP signals on printed wire circuit, you
have to be sure that the disconnection will be made to screen direction, there are
several situations when connection with level shifter is between check points
and screen, so cutting the printed wire circuit near this check points to be with
no result.
(2.5) The T-CON processor generates only low voltage gate signals, like CPV,
STV and OE, the level shifter circuit is not integrated in t-con processor, is a
separate IC.
(2.6) Sometimes there are 2 or 3 LEVEL SHIFTER IC, like in picture below:
But latest t-con boards have the same IC for LEVEL SHIFTER and DC-DC
source, especially on small size screens (15-32”).
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(2.7) Generally, if screen configuration permits, you have to check the printed
wire circuit from T-con to both left/right PCBs, in connection to panel for all
signals CKV, CKVB and STVP. The best way to repair is to cut the signals near
screen, on left/right PCB, or left/right connection to screen on PCB (if only one
board attached to screen cell).
(2.8) Sometimes, cutting some signals only from left or right will solve the
image problems but cutting same signals from both right / left connection to
screen to generate more errors.
(2.9) If you have a T-con apart from screen cell, first step is to find which part
of the screen is fault. Disconnect left FFC between T-con and left PCB and
power the tv. If you have now on right part of the screen a normal image, means
that you have a fault in left side of the cell. If still a fault image, re-connect the
left FFC and disconnect right FFC between T-con and left PCB and power the
tv. If you have now on left part of the screen a normal image, means that you
have a fault in right side of the cell.
(2.10) On some screens, Level Shifter IC have on outputs, some zero ohms
resistors, so, you can first remove this resistors and check if any improvements.
You should remove on signal groups, for example, when you remove output of
CKV2, you have to remove also CKVB2 signal.
(2.11) Sometimes, you have on left/right PCB, some zero ohms resistors that
connect Level Shifter to right/left screen cell. In this case, just remove those
resistors for groups that fault. In example below, RM1 connects to screen the
STVP signal, RM2 connects to screen CKV1 signal, RM3-CKV2, RM4-CKV3,
RM5-CKVB1, RM6-CKVB2, and RM7-CKVB3 .
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(3.2) Check the VONE and VOFF voltages and note the values.
(3.3) First, disconnect the CKV1, CKVB1 and STVP signals, after that CKV2,
CKVB2, and so on.
(3.4) Disconnections will be made so the wires from screen panel to be “on
air”
(3.5) when disconnect the printed wire board near screen entrance, by cutting
the printed circuit, you have to be sure that you will be able to solder this wires,
so the cut has to be made with some distance from data driver flexible circuit.
(3.6) First disconnect, CKV1 and CKVB1- if image still have thin lines, just
strap the wires coming from screen panel CKV1 and CKVB1 with a thin
wire.
(3.7) After connecting CKV1 and CKVB1 with a thin wire, try also to ground
this 2 points, or try to connect to VOFF.
(3.9) If we have also CKV3, CKVB3 and CKV4 and CKVB4, make the same
procedure as CKV1 and CKVB1, described on 3.6-3.7.
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(3.10) If, for example, by disconnecting CKV3 and CKVB3 we have a normal
screen display, re-connect the former signals to panel screen, one by one in
pairs (CKV1 and CKVB1, and so on).
(3.12) Sometimes, even the image is correct displayed, you'll have a thin line in
the area where gain glass circuit is failure - this cannot be repairable. You have
to advice the client about this, and ask him to put in balance the final result of
this procedure against the cost of a new panel screen.
Level shifter receives from processor this low voltage signals: OE, STV and
CPV1, CPV2, and from DC-DC source, VON and VOFF voltages Output
signals that controls 2 gate drivers are CKV1, CKVB1 and STVP1, respectively,
CKV2, CKVB2 and STVP2.
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Clock signals are starting from T-con Board, and you don't have to open the
screen panel. First, cut and disconnect on printed side, where indicated in
picture, CKV1 and CKVB1, strap on the check point on component side only
CKV1 and CKVB1
If still image fault, proceed identical with CKV2 and CKVB2. If there is no
image, just rebuild the CKV1 and CKVB1 connections on printed side.
Sometimes, you need to disconnect also STVP1 (2) signal. Be patience, and
check all combinations possible to have a normal picture. If fault solved but
after a while appears some vertical white lines in an area with a static image,
like a channel logo, you have to connect strapped pair to VOFF, instead of GND,
and raise a little the VOFF with minus 3-5v. You can do that by lowering the
resistor connected between REF and FBN of bias power supply IC7. Have
TPS65160 schematic below:
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Another fault, over all image there are vertical thin colored lines. All voltages
are correct. SDRAM – IC4 EM638325TS-7G is fault. Change T-con or replace
memory.
Another fault: Black screen, after a while will appear vertical colored lines.
Check all voltages – AVDD, VCC, VON, VOFF. Usually there is a problem
with Von voltage, bias power supply TPS65160 fault. Change T-con or replace
IC.
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a) On T-con board: There are 2 gate drivers and clock signals are
outputted by 2 level shifter IC's, ICS1 and ICS2, located on T-con board.
First, cut the circuits between ICS1 - CKV1 and CKVB1, right near resistors, as
shown in image below. If image still fault, try to strap CKV1 and CKVB1,
connect to the ground, or connect with an wire to Voff. ATTENTION! Make
sure the connection between check point and ICS1 is opened with diode
instrument, before strapping CKV1 and CKVB1. If there is still connection to
the level shifter IC, you can burn it by connecting to the ground or Voff.
If image is correct, but on still images there are some white vertical artifacts’,
you have to connect strapped pair to VOFF, instead of GND.
Cut the connections CKV1, CKVB1, CKV2, CKVB2 and STVP1 (2) on side
with gate block fault (left or right) . You can see where the fault is by checking
left/right margin of the screen with a magnifier lens, or a microscope. You will
see a burned glass circuit, in the area where screen faults.
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Screen is flickering and has a part/all the screen with doubled image.
First step is to find which part of the screen is fault. Disconnect left FFC
between T-con and left PCB and power the tv. If you have now on right part of
the screen a normal image, means that you have a fault in left side of the cell. If
still a fault image, re-connect the left FFC and disconnect right FFC between T-
con and left PCB and power the TV. If you have now on left part of the screen a
normal image, means that you have a fault in right side of the cell. On the right
side (with problems) just remove the CKV1 and CKVB1 resistors RM2 and
RM5 and see any improvements.
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If not, remove CKV2 and CKVB2 resistors RM2 and RM6, check if any
improvements, and if not, remove CKV3 and CKVB3 resistors RM3 and RM7.
If still no improvements, remove STVP resistor, RM1 see picture.
You will have a normal picture now, but sometimes, you will have, on side with
problems, a little ODD/EVEN lines distance. Strap with a wire, on check points,
CKV1 with CKVB1, see if lines are now correct displayed. If not, strap with a
wire, on check points, CKV2 with CKVB2, check, and repeat procedure with
CKV3 with CKVB3. Now you will have a clean image. Sometimes, it will be
better to put back the resistors for the blocks pair that have no problem. For
example if only by disconnecting CKV3 and CKVB3 will solve image problem,
that means pair 1 and 2 have no problems. Sometimes, if you have a bigger
problem on cell circuit, the image will be correct but a/some thin line/s will be
displayed sometimes on screen, noticeable on lighter/darker images. Try to
connect the strapped pair that not works on GND or Voff. You can also raise
Voff voltage with 3~5 volts to minus and the line will disappear. You can do
that by changing the input resistors from FBN input of BiasPS/Level Shifter
ICD1 – SM4109.
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When all image is colorless or with hue of green/red pale, the fault is from
NVM EEPROM IC, 24C64WP. Replace it, with another one, need to use the
Universal Programmer to write the good firmware into it before solder back to
PCB.
A very often fault found with this type of panel: Image is ok only on lower part
of the screen, and upper side is discolored and full of visible horizontal lines, as
in picture below:
The reason for this fault is a fried connection of a SR gate block, from left or
right side of the screen (check after you remove the metal rim that covers the
screen).
The repair procedure: The fault starts after a few minutes, when faulty SR gate
run too hot, so you can add a thermal sponge pressed by metal rim, or you can
cut the signals CKV1, CKVB1, CKV2, CKVB2 and STVP only on fault side.
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Fault:
The thin horizontal stripes were at the top of the screen. Cause of the defect:
burned SR block in the higher right/left corner of the panel.
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Repair procedure:
Disconnect left FFC between T-con and left PCB and power the tv. If you have
now on right part of the screen a normal image, means that you have a fault in
left side of the cell. If still a fault image, re-connect the left FFC and disconnect
right FFC between T-con and left PCB and power on the tv. If you have now on
left part of the screen a normal image, means that you have a fault in right side
of the cell. The right side (with problems) resistors are RM2, RM3, RM4, RM5
RM6 and RM7.
You will have a normal picture now, but sometimes, you will have, on side with
problems, a little ODD/EVEN lines distance. Strap with a wire, on check points,
CKV1 with CKVB1, see if lines are now correct displayed. If not, strap with a
wire, on check points CKV2 with CKVB2, check, and repeat procedure with
CKV3 with CKVB3. Now you will have a clean image. Sometimes, if you have
a bigger problem on SR circuit, the image will be correct but a / some thin line
(s) will be displayed sometimes on screen, noticeable on lighter/darker images.
Check if any improvements if connect all pairs of check points on fault side on
GND or Voff.
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Fault:
15 - 30 minutes of good image, begins to trembling, double vertically. If you
check on strips of glass with your fingers, you will find that hot broken drivers
are on one of the left/right bar.
Repair procedure:
Disconnect left/right FFC cable between T-con and left/right PCB one by one,
and check which part is fault. Remove on pairs (CKV1 and CKVB1 and so on),
the 7 resistors from fault side RM1-RM7. If needed, strap pairs coming from
screen, on check points (CKV1 with CKVB1, CKV2 and CKVB2, and so on).
You can also try to strap pairs to GND or Voff and see if better picture.
Left PCB:
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Right PCB:
Some thin lines can appear sometimes. Just Strap CKV1-CKVB1 pair, and
connect it to GND or VSS, and the lines will disappear.
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Fault:
Horizontal lines are partial or whole of the screen.
Repair procedure:
Disconnect one by one the left/right FFC cable between T-con and left/right
PCB and start the tv, this way you can easy check which part is fault. Level
shifter IC is connected to left/right gate blocks, thru some zero ohms resistors
fitted on T-con, thru left/right FFC cable, thru left/right PCB and extreme
left/right flexible data driver circuit.
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Right PCB:
Left PCB:
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The easiest way to repair the panel is to cut all 7 signal connectors from FFC
cable, only on the side with fault, on T-con side.
If any horizontal thin lines remains over normal displayed image, clean the
paint from check points on PCB side with fault, and strap with a wire the pair
check points CKV1- CKVB1, see if lines disappeared. If not, connect the
strapped to GND or Voff. Repeat procedure with pairs CKV2-CKVB2, and
CKV3-CKVB3 for best results.
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Fault:
Image trembling, double vertically, horizontal lines are partial or whole of the
screen.
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Disconnect first the pair CKV1-CKVB1 and STVP and power the tv and check
if any improvement. If not, try to strap CKV1-CKVB1. Check again. Try to
connect CKV1- CKVB1 to GND. Disconnect the pair CKV2-CKVB2 and
power the tv and check if clear display. If not, try to strap CKV2-CKVB2. Try
to connect CKV2-CKVB2 to GND.
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Fault:
Image trembling, double vertically, horizontal lines are partial or whole of the
screen.
Repair procedure:
Disconnect left FFC between T-con and left PCB and power the tv. If you have
now on right part of the screen a normal image, means that you have a fault in
left side of the cell. If still a fault image, re-connect the left FFC and disconnect
right FFC between T-con and left PCB and power the tv. If you have now on
left part of the screen a normal image, means that you have a fault in right side
of the cell. On upper image, there is a problem in the right side gate screen
driver.
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On the side with problems remove from PCB the resistors RM1-RM7, in this
order: first remove the CKV1 and CKVB1 resistors RM2 and RM5 and see any
improvements. If not, remove CKV2 and CKVB2 resistors RM2 and RM6,
check if any improvements, and if not, remove CKV3 and CKVB3 resistors
RM3 and RM7. If still no improvements, remove STVP resistor, RM1 see
picture.
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You will have a normal picture now, but sometimes, you will have, on side with
problems, a little ODD/EVEN lines distance. Strap with a wire, on check points,
CKV1 with CKVB1, see if lines are now correct displayed. If not, strap with a
wire, on check points, CKV2 with CKVB2, check, and repeat procedure with
CKV3 with CKVB3. In example bellow, the pair CKV3- CKVB3 was strapped
Connect check points by pair, but only if corresponding resistors were removed,
or else you can burn the LEVEL SHIFTER IC from T-CON.
Sometimes, it will be better to put back the resistors for the blocks pair that have
no problem. For example if only by disconnecting CKV3 and CKVB3 will
solve image problem, that means pair 1 and 2 have no problems. Sometimes, if
you have a bigger problem on cell circuit, the image will be correct but a / some
thin line (s) will be displayed sometimes on screen, noticeable on lighter/darker
images.
Try to connect the pair that not works on GND or Voff. You can also raise Voff
voltage with 3~5 volts to minus and the line will disappear. You have to do this
on T-con Board, by raising the value of the resistor connected between FBN
input of BiasPS/Level Shifter ICD1 - RT9979 and VOFFE.
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Fault:
Screen is flickering, have a part/whole of the screen with doubled image, white
ghosting on part / whole screen.
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But sometimes, if you detach and reverse the cell glass, you will see burned
circuits on glass, so you can now know which side is fault. There are several
connections that you have to cut on fault side: CKV1-CKVB1, CKV2-CKVB2,
Vss, Vcom and Vcst.
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The connections from LEVEL SHIFTER and left/right gate blocks are made
thru some 10 ohms resistors, RD10, RD14, RD9, RD11, RD13, RD12 and
RD40, as in picture. CKV1 and CKV2 have 2 outputs on each side to double the
current and to avoid LEVEL SHIFTER overheating.
Repair Procedure:
On fault side, you must cut the connections to left/right side, between PCB's
through-holes and panel, so the check points to remain connected to working
side of the panel, as in picture. PCB's through-holes, connects the other side of
the cell with gate signals, so cutting the connections between resistors and
through-holes, will cut signals on both sides of the screen. If no burned circuits
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on reverse side of the cell, first try to find out which pair creates problems on
screen. First, remove RD10, RD14 and RD13, and check if CKV1- CKVB1 pair
creates problems. If not, solder back the resistors, and remove RD9, RD11 and
RD 12, and see if CKV2-CKVB2 pair creates problems. Cut only pair with
problems, as in picture:
Attention:
It's a very difficult procedure. Do not try it, if you don't have the good
tools like: a thin & sharp knife/cutter, microscope or a power
magnifier lens! Now you will have a clean and almost perfect image like the
picture below:
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Fault:
Screen is flickering, have a part/whole the screen with doubled image, upper
side is discoloured and have visible horizontal lines.
This operation is very hard (the screen is 40 inches), so do not try this if you
don't have 2 clean and large tables, covered with some bubble wrap or white
paper. If you cannot see any burned blocks, even with a microscope or
magnifier, follow this step:
a) Remove resistors R2, R127, R5 and R131 (zero ohms) for pair CKV1-
CKVB1 that connects LEVEL SHIFTER IC with both left-right SR blocks. R2
and R127 are connected parallel for CKVB1 signal. R5 and R131 are in parallel
connection for CKV1. You can find the resistors in the left side of level shifter
IC - SM4109, as in image below:
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Power on the tv and check if any improvements on screen. If not, solder back
the resistors from 1st pair and remove CKV2 and CKVB2 resistors R7+R132
and R8+R133, power up the tv and check if any improvements.
If still no change, solder back the resistors from 2nd pair and remove CKV3 and
CKVB3 resistors R9+R134 and R11+R136.
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