I have a non-working Maxent MX26X3 LCD TV/monitor. Immediately upon powerup, it will generate anomalous vertical multi-colored lines throughout the entire screen with a blue background.
I've read about two known solutions, and I think both are related to one root cause. On FixYa, people have reported favorably changing the behavior of the TV by twisting a green heatsink that sits on top of a 208-pin QFP. That QFP is made by Trident, so I suspect it handles the video. One person used heat to reflow the pins.
There's a thread on badcaps.net featuring the MX-26x3 TV but nobody has posted successful repair by replacing the capacitors.
I'd like to try something similar to reflowing the pins. While I have access to a heat gun, I can't accurately gauge temperature. I also don't have a temperature marker. I think I would ruin the work with thermal shock from cooling down.
I was considering adding more solder to all 208-pins by flooding the pins with solder and using solder braid to remove excess solder and bridges, etc.
I'd love to get your thoughts on how to go forward with trying to repair this TV.
Thanks for reading.