Circuit board showing capacitors along with an arrow pointing at the bad one--slightly tented up with a dark spot at the center.

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   David Beazley (dabeaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Nov-2024 02:46:48 JST David Beazley

   Welp, a third time replacing yet another bad capacitor in the TV. Now awaiting kids' report to see if it actually fixed the problem again. The TV powered back on and is showing a picture after my repair so that's better than nothing.

   For anyone wondering how one actually knows to replace a bad cap, the TV would predictably power-cycle and reboot itself whenever a video went to an all-white screen.

   Open it up, look closely, and you'll see a tented cap.