Hi jordan, you are spot on, changing the F9222L cured the 4 flashes and brought the set back to life... but the set was a scrapper!
There was thin lines on the display, when I took the display out the lines was visible when held against a light, in the same format as though something had damaged the rows of pixels... so I scrapped it, probably 'a supermarket telly', the type of set you 'clod away' when they go faulty, then off to the store for another
I didn't get around to checking the F9222l as per your last post, incidentally I was told I had to order this chip from China... not so, I ordered one from Ohms Supply in the UK, it was fitted the next day - good service there!
Thank you for your time jordan much appreciated, as you probably know some you win some you lose.
Dave