Hi. There is an Onkyo TX-SR607 that upon arrival would shut it self off after 15 to 20 minutes of operation with overcurrent error message. Upon lick finger and touch inspection it was concluded that only the R speaker side of output transistors were getting warm and the second portion of the heatsink was lukewarm.
I initially, after seeing that they were already replaced before, decided to test the capacitors and found out they were pretty dodgy (1/3 of value down) and have replaced them with a new set of 470uF 16V ones (5 of them that were already altered, seen from all the resin residue). After a few tests, since replacement, with 5 speakers (Onkyo original speakers , 6 ohm , L R SR RL C) it shutdown when playing, was turned on in a few seconds and shutdown with out any music being played. At that point it was left off for a few minutes and turned on to see smoke coming out of it after a few seconds (Near the R channel).
Cause of the smoke were burned output transistors Q6061 (2SC5242) and Q6051 (2SA1962) as well along them a burnt resistor array R6101 (2x0R22 5W). On the preamp side Q6011 (2SC1740S) was blown as well as resistors R6021 (2.2ohm 1/4W) and R6071 (82ohm 1/4W). Q6044 (2SC1930) seems a little dodgy judging by my Shenzhen transistor tester as it reports an B (Amplification ?) rating of 135 while other 2SC1930 report an B of 165, multimeter diode mode testing show the same (Variation by 1%) result as others in the rest of the circuit (7x same preamp stage (At least I think this is an preamp)).
I have replaced those with an replacement type 2SC5200 for 2SC5242 (Q6061) , 2SA1943 for 2SA1962 (Q6051) , two times 0R22 5W as one 2x0R22 5W resistor array (R6101) and an BC547C for 2SC1740S (Q6011) (2R2 and 82R stayed the same).
After replacing all that I decided to check (Much too late) my speakers, and to my expectation the right speaker blew , 0hms even his mama can't recognize him now.
I decided to continue the test with only 4 speakers now (L SR SL C) and thats when we arrive at the current problem - The receiver is overheating. The heatsink gets so hot i burned my hand from touching it.
Is it possible that the first failure was due to something else beeing broken? Or is this caused by me altering the preamp stage of R channel? Please help.