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Originally Posted by Daniel Perales /forum/post/17163259
I actually emailed one of two places that a tech recommended me to contact about rebuilding the DM module. The place was Tri-State Module and PTS Corp.
I emailed Tri-State, but I didn't get a reply as of yet. I will email PTS by Monday evening, if I don't get a reply by TSM by then.
Danny
I thought I'll do an update by quoting myself
Anyway, I'm getting a lot of pressure from both my mom and sister to use the money that I was going to use to get the DM module for the set, and put it toward getting a new tv set.
I'm beginning to think they're right.
But as stubborn as I am, I still don't want to give up on this set just yet.
So, I removed the DM module and took it home with me, and started to look it over and making sure that I soldered everything right, before I call PTS and see if I can have them rebuilt the module (TSM never emailed me back).
Still, feeling on how much this is going to cost me, I decided to take a gamble and test the module myself, by using my own tv set (my set is a WS-55511 that uses the same module) to test it with.
I took my set apart this morning and removed it's DM module, and placed the module from my mom's set in it's place (I had to open up both module so I can exchange the wire bundle that makes up the "PF" connection, since the one on my mom's module was slightly too short). I made sure that all the connections are well seated in it's place.
Once I confirmed that everything is right, I plugged in the set. Heard the power going through it, and I saw the familiar flashing green light, but this time, it only lasted for a little more than a minute (unlike my mom's set that just keeps flashing). The moment of truth: I pushed the power button and....
The set turned on!
I had the set going for at least a half an hour until I turned it off. At least now I can say the the DM module does indeed work and I don't need to replace it.
I'm going to go back to my mom's place later today and put the module back in her set and I'm going to make sure that every connection is seated correctly.
If my mom's set still doesn't turn on, I don't know what else I should do. Take the DM module (sell it, or keep it as a spare for my own set) and trash the rest of the set?
Danny