RCA-occasional picture blackout-sound ok-menu always ok

I have a 35 inch RCA Model F35665. The sound is always on but sometimes the picture goes black either as soon as I turn it on (picture black with sound) or as I'm watching (stays black between 5 and 30 minutes). The entire time that it's black the menu functions work fine and it displays the channel title at the bottom (ie ESPN or FOXN) but the picture has gone. It isn't as though it's black like the TV is off, it produces light, it's just the the picture is dark. Any idea how to repair this television? ANY help would be greatly appreciated for this novice. Thanks.

--Cliff

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cliffale
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cliffale
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Small signal transistor, video driver, close to the rear of the main board, measures leaky with analog meter, or may be shorted, easy to find, buit I don't have my notes here! Rono/.

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Rono

Q43??, I think, the part number varies from chassis to chassis also, doesn't it?

Tom

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Tom MacIntyre

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