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    Question Sony 46W5500 overheating / electrical flash & shut down

    So the replacement power board didn't fix the issue. Was strange as it initially passed a longer than usually survivable stress test (8 hours) on the first day of installing the replacement board, but on the second night it turned itself off after about half that time. Still weighing up the...
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    Question Sony 46W5500 overheating / electrical flash & shut down

    Thank you hang-the-9 very much for your reply! Very kind for a moderator to answer my first forum post! :) Yeah, I've bought a used power board from eBay for just £9 delivered a short while ago. If that doesn't fix it then the system board is £40, so as you rightly pointed out I'll have to...
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    Question Sony 46W5500 overheating / electrical flash & shut down

    (This second post was from a small few days later than the above)... So yesterday I ran the TV with the backlight setting on minimum and it operated fine all day long (I had my Chromecast playing in idle mode). After a full daytime of this I then upped the backlight to half for a couple more...
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    Question Sony 46W5500 overheating / electrical flash & shut down

    Hi all, I made a thread on another forum but have had no replies and I'm really stuck and would seriously appreciate some feedback please, so I'll re-post my issue here too. The TLDR version is my TV presents a spark at the back after several hours use and shuts down and shows 8 flashes of the...