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    Default Philips prob

    Set is a 29PT8420
    Chassis EM1A.
    Sometimes comes on OK.Sometimes wont turn on and LED flashes 5 times.
    Any ideas??
    Thanks in advance
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    what you doing to that philips??? mate if it gets too hard drop it in to us!

    best of luck
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    If it's a Philips and the fault is intermittent, odds on it is dry solder joint related, I have touched up half the joints in mine, and it now works as well as new.
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    Yes, those older Philips sets suffer badly from dry joints - especially the ones that have SMD on the underside of the board and standard components on top. They are a nightmare to faultfind.

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    Do these ones have the SB board you know the ones that stuff up every time and cost $250 for exchange
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    Thanks all.Looks like a good resolder fixed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    Thanks all.Looks like a good resolder fixed it.

    test it for a while, intermittant 5 LED flashes can be ssb, had a few like this
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    Will do
    Thanks Ian

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    the green inductor on the upper side of the main pcb right next to the socket of the ssb pcb goes dry-joint regularly, it sits between the socket and the edge of the main board
    that ssb exchange process with southside is such a rippoff , they just swap the main micro with one with updated software. hardly worthwhile anymore
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    i know what you mean bluedog, BUT it's got 3 months warranty on that sucker they supply, personally without an ersa soldering station i will NOT be attempting to replace that big bugger, let someone else do it and be happy with the warranty if they stuff it!
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    i mean its hardly worthwile quoting for that job anymore, customers just go buy a new one these days...
    i have a troublesome philips dvd/hdd on the bench at the moment, warranty job, reboots every 5 seconds.
    now if it was a LG i would just order up some pcb's overnight freight and have it fixed, being a philips its like getting parts out of a stone, then even harder to get paid
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