From: ohg...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 3:41:29 PM UTC-4, Amanda Ripanykhazov wrote:   
   > This thread comes fresh from alt.home.repair where i was looking for a stand   
   suggestion.    
   >    
   > Someone gave me this tv and i pugged it in to test. Suddenly after four days   
   of (the screen) working properly, I connected to cable and the TV cuts out,   
   gives the 6 blinks repeatedly.    
   >    
   > But then it turns on again as if everything is normal? And the 6 blinks dont   
   happen (as described on various videos) after the partial or whole-screen   
   shutdown which is the problem when the backlight LED is dying.    
   >    
   > Is this 6 red flashes the generalised error message when the TV is in its   
   death throes?   
      
   This model generally doesn't have any problems with its backlighting (despite   
   what the error code may say), but the main boards are junk.  The Sony Android   
   TVs of this era usually have the main board start getting glitchy, then wonky,   
   then they end up    
   dead.   
      
   There are two large BGAs on these boards and they both need to be reballed (a   
   reflow may buy you time but it's not permanent).  A used or "recertified"   
   board will also buy you time, but working Sony Android boards are expensive   
   and not worth the short    
   time they have left.   
      
   When I take any of these on trade they get recycled without exception.   
      
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