plasma tv with black line fault please help!! :)

[adm1988]

hi,
i have the hitachi 42pd5000 recently developed a 1.5inch black vertical bar down the middle of the screen,





ive researched how to fix this and thought id give it a go but when i got the tv down to the ribbon cable i wasnt sure which part to solder as the "100 resistors" ive heard so much about arent there, instead mine looks like this:





ive soldered over the green circled parts incase these might be the problem but this got me nowhere





Does anyone know what to do to get rid of the black bar, i cant afford a tv repair man to do it, they charge £65 just to diagnose the problem!



heres a pic of the back of the tv, but if your reading this you probably already know what it looks like, if you could point me in the direction of what to do id be very grateful,
thanks

[minnie]

You need to replace the bottom buffer board.

[adm1988]

is that the ribbon cable thats open? or the board above it? or something else

[minnie]

The board ribbon cable that 42(R) goes to.

[adm1988]

ok thanks, any ideas on where i might purchase such an expensive looking item?

[adm1988]

also, forgot to ask - do you mean the the 42 r cable that goes to the big board or the smaller rectangular one on the bottom of the picture? sorry for all the stupid questions i really am new to the tv repair world

[minnie]

In the service manual it's listed as the panel ABUS LEFT i COME UP WITH #FPF23R-ABL0001

http://www.encompassparts.com/products/?HITFPF23R-ABL0001

Damn it I knew you'd make me open the manual!

[adm1988]

thanks

[minnie]

Did it fix it?