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Vizio p502ui-b1e no picture! Help please!

I went to turn on my vizio p502ui-b1e the other day and it powered on and i could hear sound (digital antenna channel), but the screen was black. I then began cycling the inputs and tried to power cycle and unplug it with absolutely no picture. After doing this, it will power on but i have been unable to get any sound now (including the start up sound). I tried the flashlight technique, but couldn't make out any image at all. When i turn it on, the power idicator light in the botton left corner lights up and then slowly fades. I found the following video and it shows exactly what my tv is doing.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJxlACogZQ...

I ordered the eeprom from shopjimmy and took it to the electronic department at my work and had it replaced by a coworker. I then replaced the board, but it still has the same problem.

After more research, i am leaning towards replacing the led strips and led driver.

Do any of you have any insight on this? I would like some trouble shooting tips before blindly replacing part after part lol. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Brian


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brian smith since you already replaced the board (main board?) and EEPROM it stands to reason that this is a backlight array error. The other thing you want to do is to post an image of all of your boards with your question so that we can see what you see. Remember that even so you have no backlight you should still have sound. So take another look at the mainboard as well as the power board. measure the voltages on your power board and check where the power board connects to the main board.