JUST NEED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY DETAILED GUIDE ON THE ISSUE! YOU ARE THE MAN! I just got this TV for free from someone and now can't wait to start the repair process, I am quite advanced though, I've done many TV repairs. Good luck to all.

Hi,

My Mitsubishi Digital Television...I believe it's WD-62525 has a "timer" light w/ a line drawn to the power button on the front. It is blinking yellow really fast and the TV will not power on while the timer button is blinking. I have unplugged the tv and reset it many times and everytime the timer button starts blinking again...help!

Larry-
Also Experiencing the "Green Flashing Light of Death" for my WD 73733. Can you send me some pics and information on what needs to be repaired. Thank You

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I replaced 6 capacitors and friggin A it works. I am exstatic. TY so much.

I read all the message boards that had to do with my model number. How I went about it was to type my model number and blinking green light of death. IO have never soldered or desoldered and was way intimidated. They sent me instructions, I followed them and I fixed my own TV. It was a great feeling. I was going to scrap my too. I figured for 20.00 bucks to give it a shot and it worked. I can send you what was sent to me if you want. What is your e-mail

The Blinking Green Light Of Death can be fixed generally in one of two ways.

Option-1
It is possible that the Demod Power supply has a bad capacitor or a few bad capacitors - but I have discovered in most cases when these capacitors are replaced the old ones test fine. You can open up your set and go into the Demod power supply and visually inspect the capacitors to see if they look they are failing. Sometimes the capacitor will blow out and sometimes they get swollen at the top - if you see either they need replacing. If you suspect there is a bad cap you need to order new capacitors - I advise going to Digikey www.digikey.com. Be sure to write down the value of the capactiors and even the make but you can replace with another brand so don't worry. Also - replace them all - I think there will be either (4) or (7) depending upon your model. Given the model of your set I would say that it is probably around 5 years old now? You can also try going to TV Repair Kits to see if they have the capacitor repair kit - http://www.tvrepairkits.com/ - if you don't see it there you might want to try calling them

Option-2
Unplug the TV for at least a week or more - preferably 10 days to 2 weeks maybe even longer. The reason for this is that there are capacitors in the set which hold a charge and will slowly release with time. Some of these capacitors given their size will take quite a long time to discharge.

So why is discharging the capacitors so important and why did this most likely happen? Basically after your power hit the data most likely became corrupt because the DM and the other processor got confused and lost sync and the green blinking light shows that the circuits are trying to boot up and get back into sync. Once the power is completely drained from the TV generally in most cases when you power back on the set it will come back on because both circuits can boot up and sync properly - takes about 75 seconds or so if I recall.

One other note you can manually discharge capacitors too but as I am not sure what your techincal level is you might not feel comfortable in doing this. Also this can be dangerous.

Assuming after this you got your set to work again I would strongly advise purchasing a UPS. You can get an APC UPS for around a $100 (a good one) - check your power supply rating (watts) on the back of the set and purchase a UPS which is capable of at least that number preferrably more. The UPS will filter your power and prevent this from happening again. I purchased an APC model, APC Back-UPS ES 8-Outlet 650VA, for my 55" TV after repairing my TV. I have had some power hits due to Thunderstorms since I have put the UPS in and my TV has never affected. Well worth the money!

***Warning about capacitors - capacitors can be dangerous if handled improperly. A charged high voltage power supply capacitor can be very dangerous and even fatal. Use caution and common sense when examining so as not to get injured.

i did everything , and i dont have the problem solve, still have the blincking green ligth ,i change the four , and still same problem

pacorrom

What model TV do you have?

I was able to get my Mitsubishi back on line after a power surge for under $100. Bought the parts from TV Repair kits.com and the extras from Radio Shack as suggested. I have absolutely no experience in soldering or electronics and was able to follow the directions and pictures. All in all it took about 2 hours to get rid of that blinking green light.

Hi I have a wd-57733 that has the green blinking light of death when i turn it on it blinks continously after a min it i can hit the power button and it stops for a min. then starts blinking again i notice that the lamp is on but still have black screen any help with this would be greattly appriecated.

Great article, worked like a charm for me! Thank you to all who have put this together. I spent $10.70 to fix my TV!

i did solded the 4 capasitors and my tv still blincking ,can sombody help me , i did it wrong ??? or something its a ws 65615