Basic Troubleshooting Steps

There are some basic troubleshooting steps that you, as an electronic repairer, should pass throw to
success any power supply repair or any other type of electronics devices.

Define
The first basic troubleshooting step is to look at the symptom carefully and determine what circuits
could be causing the failure. Use your senses Sight, Smell, Touch and Hearing . Look for burned parts
and check for possible overheated components. Capacitors will sometimes
leak dielectric material and give off a distinct odor. Frequency of power
supplies will change with the load, or listen for relay closing etc. Observation
of the front Power LED may give some clues.

Localize
After carefully checking the symptom and determining the circuits to be
checked and after giving a thorough examination using your senses the first check should always be
the DC Supply Voltages to those circuits under test. Always confirm the supplies are not only the
proper level but be sure they are noise free. If the supplies are missing check the resistance for
possible short circuits.

Isolate
To further isolate the failure, check for the proper waveforms with the Oscilloscope to make a final
determination of the failure. Look for correct Amplitude Phasing and Timing of the signals also check
for the proper Duty Cycle of the signals. Sometimes “glitches” or “road bumps” will be an indication of
an imminent failure.

Correct
The final basic troubleshooting step is to correct the problem. Be careful of ESD and make sure to
check the DC Supplies for proper levels. Make all necessary adjustments and lastly always perform a
Safety AC Leakage Test before returning the product back to the Customer.

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Power Supply Repair and Troubleshooting Secrets

Dealing with Difficulties And Malfunction in

Switch Mode Power Supply
The power supply repair is probably the most difficult tasks for any electronic repairer and when
you've mastered the circuit and maintenance methodology, to troubleshoot different kinds of circuit
like the vertical, colour, sound, high voltage or anything else is going to be quicker. When you known
exactly how switch mode power supplies or SMPS operate, you will be prepared to fix every power
supply issues in all sorts of apparatus. Essentially, each of the power supply functions tend to be
nearly identical that is to provide output voltages for diverse secondary circuits. Knowing the way a
power supply operate you'll know the rest of it.

Power supply problems can occur within the primary and also secondary section. Also in case there
are certain troubles within the furthest section of every apparatus circuit like a shorted transistor or IC
in a Monitor color circuit board, the SMPS power supply wouldn't function or simply blink. You can find
several strategies to troubleshoot power supply, I am going to show you one of my methods on how
to fix smps.

Each time a power supply delivered for repair regardless if it's a PC Monitor power supply or ATX
power supply for certain i will check the power supply prior to open the casing. SMPS power supply
problems are generally classified into no power, reduced output power, higher output voltage, power
supply cut-off just after occasionally or as soon as turn on, power blink.

No matter what the troubles can be, I'm going to work with a typical technique strategy to check that.

- Verify the on/off button, fuse and discharge the big

filtering capacitor
- In case the fuse burnt into black colour then assume
serious short circuit within the power supply area.
This may be a shorted power ic, a short circuit in the
power transistor or even a shorted bridge rectifier.
Do not under guess that a shorted primary winding in
the switching power transformer may well happen. In
the event the fuse is simply a little torn, could be the
fuse spoilt on it's own considering that fuse have life
expectancy as well. Usually, changing just the fuse
can fix the no power problems.
- Be certain every secondary diodes are not damaged. It's possible to whether desolder one of the
diodes lead in order to appropriately test it or you can utilize the flyback tester as explained in an
other article (use the search box to find it).

- Verify the flyback transformer, HOT or horizontal output transistor, B+ and FET transistor if you are
fixing a PC Monitor. Whenever, in case just one of such electronic components have failure, it can
influence the power supply capabilities.

- Look at every electrolytic capacitor using ESR tester on the primary and secondary area

- If you find electrolytic capacitor malfunction within the SMPS power supply, this will cause it to blink,
produced low output or totally no power at all!

- Check the primary winding of switch mode power transformer utilizing a flyback tester. Check
additionally the flyback winding, b+ coil and horizontal yoke coil in cases where you are fixing TV or
monitor. One shorted coil of these can result in power to turn off, blink, as well as no power at all.

Assuming you have verified that secondary part of power supply elements is operating then what you
have to do is to desolder every electronic element from the primary part and examine each of the
components in it. That is where your true troubleshooting skills is required. Knowing and
understanding how to check common electronic parts is essential if you don't you will end up
experiencing problems in locating power supply faults. For anyone who is new in such a electronic
repair line, I extremely suggest that you look at each element inside the power supply circuit board
and when you have hold of it, you may then identify problem through voltage tests or distinguish
trouble by area.

Browse all my posts about the way to test basic electronic components using multimeter and other
circuit testing tips.
Primary side of switch mode power supply typically includes around 20 to 30 components that will
require under 15 minutes to check them all.
Frequently you will find multiple faulty components so you need to replace all of them or the power
supply problem will not be solved.

After getting finished the whole parts check and already change the required components, you need to
switch on the power supply using a 100 watt
light bulb linked over the fuse holder.

In case the lamp lights highly bright and

won't turn off even after minutes
subsequently you may still have problems
within the power supply. In cases where the
bulb comes dim or switch off, you
understand that the shorts was taken care so
you currently may turn on the power supply
with confidence and would not blow the fuse
once more.
In order to become a professional in power supply repair, you must study, practice, and completely
understand how basic electronic parts and power supply function. Having all those information in
your head and hands, I think you will encounter no power supply issues that are very hard for you to
fix. Good luck to you.

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The standby is forced because a fault had been detected.

The TV is in protect mode, because a fault had been detected.

If the TV went in standby and does not wake up, then the TV is in protect mode.

In protect mode higher voltages from PSU gets shut down and TV remains in
standby.(see also Why my TV does not start up and remains in...)

Try first leaving the TVpower cord unplugged for some times, let say one hour or
so. Then connect powr

If that does not work, and you keep having the TV in protect mode, it means that
there is a fault.

In that case call the phone support number listed on the user manual to arrange
repair.

Try first leaving the TV power cord unplugged for some times, let say one hour or
so.

Also ensure that the fault is not coming from a faulty receiver box sending bad
signal, check if you get same problem on dvd with no receiver box connected.
If that does not work, and you keep having a flashing led on front of the TV, and tv
turning off by itself after a while, that indicates a fault condition.

The flashing light indicates a diagnostic state called protection.

When the Monitor goes on protection there are only two possible causes.

1The internal circuits are jammed because of electrostatic chargesaccumulating on

capacitors, or because of a wrong voltage read by themain chip on your monitor
controller board. this started the protectioncircuit.

2 The protection circuit detected a wrong voltage or abroken contact, identified an

internal fault and kicked in , startingthe flashing light.

If you are in situation one, then theTV will reset just unplugging power cord for one
or two hours,sometimes even minutes.

If you are in situation 2 , then there is an internal fault.

Common faults that can occurr are a blown capacitor on power board, a
convergence IC has blown, or a fault on Digital board.

Check also the video cable or any external connection cable, if the cable is shorting,
or the connector is bad, you can get same flashing statebecause of the video cable.

Try moving the video cable, and if the cable is not built in, then also try a
replacement cable.

If under warranty contact the manufacturer ringing the number on the user manual

If you want to repair at your own expenses, just locate any good qualified repairer.

Here are some helpful tips you need to consider as follow

1.) Vertical line at the left of the picture
Replace L506 on A board, replacement part number 1-407-366-0
2.) White vertical line only displayed on tube
Check for dry joint or burnt track on Horizontal Yoke PCB socket or main board
3.) Vertical lines are not straight when picture is very bright or has white text
content
Replace resistor 3420 in the beam current circuit (12k or 15k) replaced with an 18k
Please let me know any update.

2. The Sony diagnostic routine for 4 blinks indicates it to be a vertical

deflection problem.

Did you see a solid horizontal line in the center of the screen prior to it going
out? If so, that is a tell tale sign for vertical problems.

basic sony reset below

The STANDBY light will flash if the television detects an issue within the
television. Some of these issues can be resolved simply by following the
steps below to reset the television.

1. Turn off the television. IMPORTANT: For a projection television that uses
an internal lamp, wait 5 minutes after turning off the television to allow
the lamp to cool before continuing with the following steps.
2. Unplug the television power cord from the electrical outlet.
3. Let the television remain without power for 60 seconds.
4. Plug the power cord back into the electrical outlet. NOTE: If the television
is plugged into a power strip or surge protector, remove it from the
power strip or surge protector and plug it directly into the wall outlet. If
the issue is resolved, the problem is with the power strip or surge
protector and not the television.
5. Turn on the television.

If the issue is still unresolved after following all of the troubleshooting steps,
service may be required. Please note the number of times the STANDBY light
flashes and relay that information to the service center

1Just use he remote and push the cc button or the display button until cc off
appears on the screen

2. When the SUB5V or MAIN9V/SUB9V, short or over-voltage 15V short condition

occurs, the TV shuts down and the power LED blinks 10 times.

1.You may have the magnet of a speaker too close to the TV.
2.Turn off other electrical devices in the house one at a time.
3.Faulty cable.
3. Loss of power from power supply. Usually bad power supply.