No power to Sony KDL55W905A - Running out of solutions!
I’ve had this TV for some time now and it’s been flawless up until 2 weeks ago. The problem first occured when the TV wouldn’t turn on immediately. Then it would freeze while being on, the picture would show artifacts (almost like a mesh of green snow) that got worse for about 10 seconds then it would power off. I was able to get it to restart and stay up for hours until eventually the set wouldn’t power on. During this it only flashed the red light dianostic system once and it was either 2 or 3 flashes. Also the standby light would operate almost at random, some times on, other times off.
What I have done:
- Tried all factory reset options
- Check the fuse in the plug and the socket
- Open the TV up to look for bulges or burn marks on the boards (nothing)
- Bought a new power supply which didn’t help so returned it (could have been faulty though unlikely)
- Took a multimeter to the previous power board and I just can’t get any readings from the board except for some remaining charge in the capacitors
I looked at the triage page in the service manual to try and diagnose the problem and it seems to point towards the mainboard. Problem is there are none for sale anywhere. Some things I am unsure about after testing the power supply is why there is NO voltage anywhere and also the strange artifacting exhibited by the screen before it powered off.
Hoping someone can advise me further before I begrudgingly have to buy a new television. I love this set. Thank you.