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MrBlonde83 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Location: Lansford, PA

I fired up my projector tonight and got this....
(i was told that we got some thunderstorms and some "power surges" while i was away at class) is it fried? Sad

i have another identical machine with a bad HV supply. I think that one has the brighter sony tubes. although it does have a faint vertical line on the one side of the screen.

I shut it off and back on and i got an image that was not converged. when i pressed CONV all i got were the lines again. i shut it off and back on again and just got the lines. no image at all.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:35 am Post subject:

Wow dead men wear plaid but ECP's prefer stripes.

I know it's no condolence but this summer so far I've lost a router, video card, power supply and a whole other PC.

Maybe Curt or Tim will pop in on this one...

Oh yeah and 3 power bars. Grumble... Confused

MrBlonde83 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Location: Lansford, PA

no its no condolence Sad

but thanks anyway, this sucks :'( at least i have another machine standing by, i guess i can just put the HV power supply from this one in my other 4100. Think i'll just ignore the faint yellow line and go with the brighter tubes.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:42 am Post subject:

I've asked Curt to pop in here. Let's see if he can get you back going.

Nashou66 · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 16171 Location: West Seneca NY

Someone on AVS is asking about how much to sell or get rid of an ECP 4100, maybe you can get his for free. they are in Florida.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1172279

Athanasios

MrBlonde83 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Location: Lansford, PA

Thanks

well i'm in PA... i'd only be interested in some parts. can't afford shipping for a whole PJ. i'm a broke student Sad

do you know his email? i'm not a member of AVS.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:

Either a bad Dallas chip, a bad CPU board or the set simply needs a full reset.

MrBlonde83 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Location: Lansford, PA

how do i do a full reset? i'll try that first. i've had the machine unplugged all night.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:35 pm Post subject:

Check the ECP 'tech tips' on the main site, it's outlined there.

MrBlonde83 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Location: Lansford, PA

the ECP lives to see another day! it just needed the CPU reset. convergence program is back. i'll just have to re-converge my tubes.

HaydnG90 · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 1356

I always love a happy ending.

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject:

Somehow for me... it was unfulfilling... Laughing

(just kidding, glad you got it running.)

Dallas chip/CPU board glitches do strange things to ECPs.

MrBlonde83 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 132 Location: Lansford, PA

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject:

Actually, a digital is easier to troubleshoot:

'Throw it out, buy another one'.

Wink