Me again....
OK, as the power supply had that visibly bad cap I replaced it but I wasnt able to get anything out of the 5v pin(s) so instead of paying £25 ish for the kit i went ahead and bought a new power supply, the exact model, 17PW20 V2 (£35), popped that in but still have the exact same fault

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Im confidant that the new power supply is working fine as I was able to get all the readings correct..... I think it was because of my noobness that didnt test the old one properly....
OK the BIG question: Is this TV a scrapper, is there somthing else easy to check or should I take it to a pro?
