TV suddendly shut down and started smelling burned plastic
Hello ifixit,
I have trouble with my 47 inch LG TV.
Out of the blue, the display went black and it started smelling like burned plastic from the rear left side of the TV.
To note, this happened 2 weeks ago so it wasnt caused by overheating etc.
The only thing that "worked" since then, is the LG logo below the display turned on for a second when turning on the TV.
Obvious aside, yes - remote and also tv buttons result in the same.
I am an IT guy so I have some basic hardware understanding; upon some research about LG TVs, I found that the issue is oftentimes blown capacitors. I carefullly checked all capacitors and they are all fine.
The TV has 2 boards, the power board and the main board - I have unscrewed both to see if there is any visible physical damage on the back of the boards - nothing.
Judging by the location, the smell came from the mainboard. I have reconnected the TV to its power supply and turned it on, and I can hear a "power" noise (like white noise) from the powerboard and when I "turn it of" the noise dissapears. I draw the conclusion that the TV is powering on, but no image is being sent to the display (?)
Anyone with a similar experience? Any TV tech here that would like to chip in? I would gladly donate $10 to the winning solution.
My next step would be looking for e replacement mainboard.. But I am afraid it will be in vain because there might be another issue.
Any ideas as to what I can try?
Thank you, much appreciated!
Paul
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Hi @ploxplix ,
Is the power
Take close up pictures of the front of the boards where all the components are and add them to your question. Aggiungere immagini ad una domanda,
Someone here might spot something that you missed. If you smelt 'burning' then something obviously got hot. When electronics get hot the telltale signs are burn or heat marks on the board, faded or no colours on resistors, info marking lost off and cracks in 'chips' etc
da jayeff
Thanks for the reply. After posting here, I ordered a power board and mainboard. Found it cheap. Let's see!
da Paul Herrmann
More than likely your transformer went bad. I am thinking the isolation melted and shorted. You could prove it with a Multimeter if you had a schematic with the test points.
da Brian Reeder
Well, it's official - New powerboard arrived and the problem presists. So it's definitely NOT the power. Hopefully the replacement mainboard does it otherwise I am afraid it must be an ireplaceable part that fried. :(
da Paul Herrmann
I have an LGTV 47" as well and had a similar situation yesterday. I'm in Canada; was it easy to find that part? Info would be appreciated!
da Larry lutes
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