What computer do you use?

[Judge]

After doing some research, I find a YouTube video stating it's a bad internal power supply board. The video shows how to remove the board. However, the company that built this display for Apex used several different power supply boards through the life of this model, and the are all incompatible with each other[emoji35].

Before any one tells me to contact Apex Digital, don't even bother. Apex digital went belly-up in 2010. I've tried all the major TV parts houses, and none have this part.

I do know that some tv core manufacturers, like Funai, rebrand their sets for Sylvania, Emerson, and Symphonic. A lot of times parts for these brands are interchangeable, just by looking at a cross reference list supplied by Funai. I have not seen any such list for Apex Digital, or who manufactured the set, which is the second largest TV manufacturer in mainland China. Does anyone here know of a cross-reference and replacement to Apex Digital part number1204H0559A/1, and know where I can find said part?

Did the YouTube video specify that it involved bad capacitors on the board? Just wondering how long it would take to troubleshoot a single bad capacitor and replace it. But then with everything being so modular, I'm probably thinking "old school" to the point of impracticality. Like seeking a tv repairman.

 

[Meistersinger]

Did the YouTube video specify that it involved bad capacitors on the board? Just wondering how long it would take to troubleshoot a single bad capacitor and replace it. But then with everything being so modular, I'm probably thinking "old school" to the point of impracticality. Like seeking a tv repairman.

It did mention bad caps. However, you don't want me anywhere near a soldering gun. Besides, I don't have a multimeter in order to make measurements. For me, it's just easier to replace the board.

 

[Judge]

It did mention bad caps. However, you don't want me anywhere near a soldering gun. Besides, I don't have a multimeter in order to make measurements. For me, it's just easier to replace the board.

Not you...but a sympathetic tech who you could do such a thing at a relatively small expense.

A tall order...but that might be the only way. I used to be pretty good back in the day with a soldering gun. But the precision soldering done these days...arrrrgh!

 

[LoLz_lava]

I use a custom built PC with a gtx 350, Asus m5x evo with a 3.5ghz Amd black fx3+ CPU, single hyperx blue 8gb stick of ddr3 ram(soon going to be 2 sticks), for storage I have a 500gb Weston digital blue drive and a WD 3TB green drive, a super write master DVD burner(going to be upgraded to a bluray burner), all powered by a corsair 500 watt modular power supply, all in a maplin mid tower atx case. Running Windows 7 64 bit ultimate edition. With virtualbox running Kali Linux and TAILS. With kodi installed, steam, visual studio community 2015 and img burn.