A 32-inch Sony Trinitron CRT sat on the side of an Italian road for at least six years before [Happychoice] pulled it from the curb and attempted a repair. The result: a triple-blink fault code on the power LED, pointing to a control board unhappy with the state of the power supply.
The repair stretched across several months and followed a predictable emotional arc: optimism, depression, bargaining, acceptance. A few sketchy resistors got replaced. The CRT itself shows no visible damage. The PCBs are mostly clean. The power supply is still the problem.
This is Part 1, and nothing works yet. That is exactly why it is worth watching. The diagnostic process, the six-year corrosion timeline, and the specific fault behavior give you a real look at what CRT triage actually looks like before anyone declares victory.
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