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I have an LG 42" plasma tv (model: 42pc1da) and I am having a major picture problem with it. Last night, while watching the television, I heard an audible "pop" and the picture started to dim. I turned the tv off and back on to see if it would solve the problem, but now my picture is terrible. When I turn it on, I have black smears spread across the whole screen. They slowly start to fade away and after about 5 minutes, they are completely gone. However, even without the smears, the picture is off-color. The tv only shows red and green color and it seems to be swirling around inside of the tv. I opened the back to check to see if it is a capacitor issue. It doesn't seem to be. Now I have no idea where to go with repairing it.

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The sound you heard came from one of the IC's under the heat sinks. Check the fuses on the left and right print, the print with the broken fuse must be replaced.

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  • bchan31 Sep 03, 2010

    Sorry for the inconvenience, but where are these "prints" located? I don't have too much of a background in terminology

  • bchan31 Sep 03, 2010

    Sorry for the inconvenience, but where are these "prints" located? I don't have too much of a background in terminology

  • bchan31 Sep 03, 2010

    Sorry for the inconvenience, but where are these "prints" located? I don't have too much of a background in terminology

  • bchan31 Sep 03, 2010

    Sorry for the inconvenience, but where are these "prints" located? I don't have too much of a background in terminology

  • bchan31 Sep 03, 2010

    Sorry for the inconvenience, but where are these "prints" located? I don't have too much of a background in terminology

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