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Mine is the 42 inch vers btw
By the looks of it, taking it apart to get to the broken switch is going to be a pain in the ass (plus I can't find nor think it's a good idea to spend $50 or whatever I'd get charged for a 20 year old part if I can even find it in first place) so I thought if it's just a simple switch maybe I can bridge/short some cables to make the TV think it's closed, shouldn't be hard. I don't know much about electronics, but I understand that from reading Image A (pdf page 15) that the switch in "T2 board" (the broken one) needs to be closed so it can register as 'lamp_cover_closed' or something like that. On Image B (pdf page 36), you can see on the T2 diagram that it goes (I assume that's what it means) to CN8403, I imagine that's a connector full of cables on another board. On Image C (pdf page 39) you can see a more complete diagram but that really eludes me because I'm dumb, there's the T2 block on the top left, and another block with a red arrow next to it. I think that it is possible to grab the first 2 pins on that connector (the ones labeled LAMP_POS and GND), grab the 2 cables that come from there, cut them and short them and that'd complete the circuit? Or am I missing something else here?
There's another diagram on Image D (pdf page 176) but I don't know what that means. And lastly on Image E (page 179) there's what I think is the main board, labeled with name of connectors. I put a red arrow next to what I think I should look for. This board is right behind the back plastic cover so I wouldn't need to take it all apart to get there. I can just get a metal clip and short the last 2 pins right?
I just need someone that actually knows electronics to confirm what I'm going to do will work or if I need to do something else. Thanks for your help.
