Hello; I am John at J D Electronics in Poland, Maine. I have an LG TV that was donated to me. It is a plasma
model DU-42PX12X same as many other LG models. It had 1 inch wide red and green vertical bar on the
right and a blue and yellow on the left. These bars appeared
intermittently. pressing on the control board would make the bars go
away. I have read many blogs on this problem and they all say to replace
the control board located under that huge A / V input board ( held in
by 4 screws on the large aluminum frame). The original part is #
6871QCH038A The replacement ends with a C instead of an A Aprox 90 to
135 dollars. This board is used on many different LG and Zenith models
and is a HIGH failure rate part. I like to know WHY parts/boards fail
and I found out why this board fails. There is a large square IC in
middle of the board aprx 1 1/8 inch square. This type of IC is called
BGA or Ball Grid Array. The solder connections cannot be seen , since
they are under the IC . This IC was not properly soldered at the factory
and that is why hundreds of these sets failed. I used my hot air
soldering station on it's highest setting to heat up this IC . The IC
must be directly heated from the top and some heat on the bottom of the PC
Board. Liquid flux should applied to the 4 side edges of the IC prior
to heating. The bars are now gone! To get to this board, remove all
perimeter screws and all middle screws of the back cover. The A V board
will hinge back to expose the control board if you unplug the cables to
the side inputs and the one to the button board. The set will still run
face down on a table with something to prop up the bottom screen so you
can watch the bars. If the set was run for a long time with the bars,
there will be some darkening where the bars have " burned" the screen.
This is perminent, but usually acceptable. John
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SOURCE: A thin red verticle line has apeared on screen, TV
Take it back, it's a fault in the LCD panel that cannot be fixed.
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