Sony KV-34HS510 Just Followed Me Home!

[holmesuser01]

I was given this set last week. I was told by the owner that it worked just fine, but didn't get to plug it in to verify this. It uses the DA4 chassis.

Naturally, it does not work. 175 pounds of dead weight.

When I power it up, it attempts to start up, then shuts down. The power indicator flashes red.. seven times, and repeats.

From what I've seen online, I'm being told to replace two 18 pin IC chips... numbers 8002, and 6501. Both of them are MCZ3001D chips. The ones in the set are originals. These IC's are known to fail on these sets. The rest of the set is clean inside. I have no idea if the CRT is weak or anything about it, as my CRT tester can't do tests on it.

A fuzzy picture is included here. The IC's mentioned are just above and below the HV anode wire in the left side of the picture. Sorry for the quality.

I have a pair of these chips coming as I tell you about this set. The replacements are the updated version... same part, but has a B stamped after the part number.

I've got the chassis pulled from the set, and removed the "D" board... the one with the flyback, and am waiting for the chips to arrive. I was going to clean the chassis while I have it out, but on looking it over, it's perfectly clean. I'm fairly sure I'm the first one to be inside this set.

While I wait, I have questions: Is this thing reliable? I read some old reviews for it, and people thought it had a great picture. Of course, this was in 2003-2004, when it was new. I'd really like to get the opinions of my friends here at VK.

What do you think?