ViewSonic N3250W Television "voltage regulator connector burnt" Questions

burnt brown hot spots on the circuit boards, capacitors with leaking/bulging top or seals. Loose wires and connectors. Blown fuses. Notes: We are dealing with high voltage that can kill you! so if you

...voltage regulator made up of Q7 and ZD4. The Q7 is a SOT23 size device and appears to be too small and over heats in the design. In this case it shorted from the over heating and that caused ZD4 to ...