Given the age of the TV I suspect that the mainboard was not new original stock but either removed from a set or a maybe a remanufactured board. I don't see that board online for sale so I suspect it may have been salvaged. Hope that the place that did the repair will take care of it for you.
A set that old isn't usually a good candidate for anything other than a very cheap repair.
I just replaced a Fujitsu 50" plasma TV that was 19 years old but it still worked fine. I don't think you can expect that of new TVs.