I posted this on another site, but figured somebody might know here:

Hi folks,

Basically, the LCD screen is dead. I took it apart, and started poking around (including putting a light behind the screen) and it works!

So the problem is that the bulb (original sony) isn't getting electricity. I checked with a voltmeter all around the coil on the top, and it's all 0v.

The voltage across C114 (black chip next to coil with 100 16V written on it) has 7.5v across it. The speakers work, and the LCD works. The coil isn't getting power and hence bulb doesn't light.

Anyway to repair this w/o resorting to the LED mod??

Thanks!

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Here's more info that I found since:

The coil should output 30V to light the bulb behind the LCD, but nothing is coming out of it. It has pins input and 2 pins output. All 4 pins input seem to be grounded (I believe that's the problem). Anybody know what the power inputs on that should be?

I'm sure I can just do the LED mod and bring this thing back to life (it'll last longer and use less power) but I'd prefer the original restoration.

Any ideas/help?