Looks like I'm in the bad MCZ3001DB boat now too...My KD-34XS955 is now clicking twice (used to only be once) on power up then giving the 7 blink error code. It started a really dumb way: it was on but the computer it was monitoring was asleep so I turned it off thinking it was on then turned it on again which is when it failed...
Can anyone recommend a legit supplier of good chips? (I notice F-K recommends Encompass and rcaman says their parts were bad.)
Also is there any other preventative maintenance (aside from socketing the chips) that could help prevent this problem from occurring in the future?