Samsung TV makes a strange clicking sound
My Samsung TV (52″ LCD) started clicking several times before finally switching on after 30 seconds, this relay clicking gradually got worse each time I turned the set on. ( It turns out that this is quite a common problem with Samsung TV’s of all sizes). The problem seems to start after the TV is a year or two old (normally outside guarantee) and sounds like a relay clicking on and off. Samsung deny there is a design problem, so I thought rather than spend money on an engineer, I would try and fix the problem myself.
I thought the first place to look for a problem like this is in the power supply.
- I unscrewed the back cover of the TV (20 screws)
- Removed the metal cover of the power supply (4 screws)
- I carefully looked over the power supply looking for anything out of the ordinary, low and behold I could see a few capacitors (the cylindrical shaped components) that had raised tops. These raised tops are caused when the capacitor breaks down and forms hydrogen gas, if left, eventually the capacitors will blow, and hopefully the top will split open and release the gas pressure, if not, they may just explode.
Check out Capacitor Lab for more details on what to look for when a capacitor fails.
I checked out the replacement cost of a new power supply board, I couldn’t find the exact power supply online but this company has ones for smallers TV starting at around £160. So I was guessing it would be around £200 for a new one. Ouch, definately time to DIY.
I decided to replace all the capacitors in the power supply, I guessed if some were bad, then probably Samsung use cheap or poorly designed capacitors and at some point the others would go bad too. and replacing all the capacitors wouldn’t cost much more .
Each Capacitor has 3 important values
- The capacitance measured in μF (micro farads) eg (1000μF)
- Voltage (eg 50V)
- Temperature (eg 105°C)
This particular Power Supply Unit (PSU) has 3 different types.
- 1000μF 105°C at 10V
- 1000μF 105°C at 25V
- 47uF 105°C at 50V
RS Components have a good selection, so I opted to buy from there. It cost about £12 including postage for a 5 pack of each of the capacitors. I took a few photos of the circuit board so I wouldn’t forget what I was doing and set to work.
I re-opened the TV, and completely removed the Power Supply Circuit Board, you need to remove several connectors, again, I took some photos just in case I couldn’t work out where they all went when putting it back together. I made sure the Power Supply didnt have any residual power stored in the capacitors by unplugging the TV (whilst it was turned on) from the plug. This is very important as messing with a power supply even 30 minutes after it has been turned off can still give you a nasty shock.
I then drew a simple diagram marking the polarity of each capacitor. To remove each capacitor takes a little time, you need to heat each pin using a soldering iron and whilst it is still molten pull or wiggle each leg out in turn. I found it easiest when I used the other leg as a pivot and rotate the capacitor around the fixed leg.
Anyway once removed, you I used the de-solder pump to clean up any solder that was clogging up the hole and then I inserted a new capacitor (checking the values again) and making sure the polarity was same as the one I had just removed. turning the board over, I bent the pins a little, soldered the joints, and snipped off any left over wire.
I put the board back in and hey-presto it all worked beautifully. Job took about 2 hours in total and excluding tools £12 for the components and postage.
[Added 21th May 2009]
If you snap off the solder connector on the PCB when doing this replacement, it is worth noting that you can re-attach your component in another place as long as it is electrically equal. The Red Line in the diagram below shows where an existing component was, this component could then be re-soldered into any of the positions marked in green. But in the case of a capacitor which has + positive and – negative legs, you must make sure that the leg is re-attached to the same track, I have marked with a + plus sign which track it must be re-attached too.
[Added 7th Dec 2009]]
After replacing the capacitors a few people are still having problems, it appears that this can be fixed by resetting the EPROM chip (apparently – a simple matter of shorting two of the pins). http://www.tv.quuq.org/forum/index.php?topic=2377
and http://www.tv.quuq.org/forum/index.php?topic=1744.0 both detail the procedure, although it hasn’t worked for everyone who tried it. (Thanks to Jason for these links)
[Added 10th March 2010]
You are not alone, there have been almost 65,000 visits to this page in the last year. The answers to many of the questions people are asking are scattered through the previous comments, Most people with little experience have been successful in fixing their TV’s although for a few, it didn’t work, the symptoms were similar but cause was different. A few of the more recent comments reveal that people are becoming more successful with getting Samsung to repair their TV’s, its definitely worth trying before you launch into a self fix.
[Added 28th June 2010]
Before attempting repairs yourself it is probably worth trying to see if Samsung will repair the TV for you, Samsung seem to now accept (unofficially at least ) that there is a defect in these capacitors, and in an increasing number of cases will send out an engineer to fix them. Skim through the comments below to get more info.. A polite but assertive approach seems to yield best results, remember they are in the wrong and there is plenty of consumer law in most countries covering their liabilites and responsibilities.
If you fail to get Samsung to repair it, 100′s of people have had success with the replacement fix I describe above, a few of the failures are probably due to similar symptoms but a different fault. Again if you are unsure read some of the 100′s of comments below
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The repair guy just left after 20 minutes he replaced the power board and the TV is back to new. I have to omit that Samsung took care of the problem after some persistence. They said they would only replace the capacitors but instead replace the entire board at no cost to me.
Be persistent as we were and hopefully things will work out well. The repair man said he is doing a lot of these fixes due to the capacitors being outsourced to a cheaper company. HE ALSO SAID PEOPLE REPLACING THE CAPACITORS WITH A LARGER SIZE RISK BLOWING OUT THE ELECTRONICS (ALL THE BOARDS) IN CASE OF A LARGE POWER SURGE. Thought this might be useful info. Buy the correct capacitor, but not a cheap version.
I have a LNT4661fX, purchased in sept. 2008, clicking noises started just 2 months out side of warranty. Called Samsung and they said sorry – it’s outside of warranty and we can’t help you. It’s now dead, won’t turn on at all and I thought I’d try customer service one more time. They now admit to a problem with my model but they still won’t help – their lame excuse given now is that my model number is not within the problem “production range” so they will not fix the capacitor problem. SAMSUNG IS ADMITTING A PROBLEM BUT STILL WON’T HELP!!!
I have a Samsung Plasma 42″ HP-T4264 TV. After 26mo of owning the TV it would turn off on back on by itself.Before long,(a day)it would shut off and not turn back on again.It would just keep making a clicking sound like it was trying to power up but never would. So after some searching on the net I heard there were problems with the capacitors on the power supply board. I opened up the back, inspected the board, and found one leaking cap. and another one that was swollen.Replaced the two caps for about .80 cents. Still did not work.I inspected the soldering joints on the bottom of the power supply. On Q801 and the one right next to it, there were suspect solder joints.Re-soldered all of them, put it back together and Bam…worked like a champ. Moral of the story is not only are there bad capacitors but also bad solder joints.Re-solder all suspect joints after replacing capacitors.Ohh and another thing: To isolate problem board, disconnect one board at a time ( as a precaution:power the TV down for 30 min between each disconnect-reconnect otherwise a spark will happen. Manual says nothing about powering down between reconnects-disconnects, but I dont like sparks on electronic equip) from the PS and turn it on. If clicking continues when that certain board is diconnected then you can rule out that board as being the problem making the power supply click.Hope this helps peace out!!
Samsung tec guy came again yesterday – he couldn’t even remember what he had done last time. He took the back off, took a look, replace both the power supply and main board, but nothing happ800ened, he said the panel (screen) was faulty. I challenged him about the capacitor problem and that I knew about it, (until now he had not said anything about them) he then said yes you had a cap prob, it could have caused the prob with the screen, you will have to fight it out with Samsung as there is nothing I can do, but Samsung are reluctant to replace screen as they are expensive. I rang Samsung, they are going to wait for the tec guys report and then make a decision. Looks like £800 is going to be going into the skip, and after just over 2 years, not a good advert for Samsung products.
10/06/2010 – Same problem clicking noise – swithing on and off. Thanks to this website – called Samsung and arranged for a free replacement of the faulty capacitors / power supply for a known fault !
Hi All
My 42″ Plasma 10 months old had same clicking problem. On 12th May phoned Samsung UK on 01932 454358. They arranged local service centre to call and fix problem. 2 days later engineer arrived said he would have to take TV away for repair but had no replacement to give me, he estimated 5 days for repair.Not so………… To cut a long story short and after numerous calls to Samsung eventually got TV back on 10th June Parts replaced as per engineers receipt 1 x BN94-02836A Main PCB 1 x BN96- 12132A Plasma Display Panel 1 x BN44- 00273B Power supply panel. TV now working ok so far!!!!!!!
No charge from Samsung regarding this.
Jonno
I have the same problem on an HP-S5053 50 inch plasma. I just called Samsung and they said only a few LCD model televisions are covered for this problem. They said that not enough plasma TVs have experienced the issue. They gave me their corporate address to try and escalate. I am going to try the posted fix. Thanks for posting it! I’ve never tried anything like this before but it looks like my TVs going to die anyway so no harm in trying.
[...] parappayo on June 12, 2010 A while ago my Samsung TV (model LN-T4661F) fell prey to the infamous clicking on boot problem. Samsung customer support declined to provide support for the problem since my TV is over two years [...]
The same problem as everyone else. Went to their website and they have a problem area. went to this and voila they will fix capacitors for free. Now I only have to wait for repairman….. Hope they just replace the board.
3 months out of warranty. Figures. Hope Samsung does the right thing on this or it will cost them a lot of customers. Haven’t had a problem until today.
Hi Folks, I took a look and I don’t have any capcitors with bulging caps but I do have 1 with black at the center so I’d like to replace it. However, I can’t find it anywhere, it says 820uF 100v on it. I can find 80v and 160v on ebay but I can’t find the 100v. Anyone know if replacing the 100v with a 160v would be OK?
Just wanted to drop a quick note of thanks for the information found here. I was having the same problem as everyone else with my Samsung LCD. I opened it up, and sure enough there were two obviously blown capacitors on the power board. My original intention, after seeing this website was to repair them on my own, however, after not being able to locate new capacitors (and being somewhat nervous about the soldering required) I called my local TV repair shop and asked about the cost to replace the capacitors if I brought them in the already disconnected power board. The repair shop replaced both capacitors the same morning I brought them in and charged me $80.00. Definitely more expensive than doing it myself, but it was worth avoiding the headache. My TV is now up and running and I got out of it with only about an hour of my time and an $80 cost. Something to consider if you are uncomfortable doing the whole thing on your own. Good luck everyone!
$80 to replace two capacitors on a board you delivered to them is super expensive. The parts are under $5 and the time is less than 15 minutes, probably a lot less.
Thanks for the instructions, just left a donation.
Popped open the back of the TV, found 2 capacitors that were popped (NOTE, on mine the circuit board in question did NOT have a metal case over it) ordered online, replaced, and TV is working great. Didn’t even do a great soldering job and it still worked.
Thanks!
(Samsung LN – T4061F)
The tv is well and truely dead. Samsung will not replace the screen, they told us to0 get in touch with the retailer, they went bust about 6 months ago so that is it, nearly £800 in the skip after 2 and a half years. GREAT PRODUCT SAMSUNG. The capacitor problem beat us. Won’t be buying Samsung again.
Just a follow up note. Samsung gave me work order # and the local tv shop called me at 10:00 on Monday came out at 2:30 and left me with a working big screen at 3:10. Two blown capacitors and they were replaced with top quality capacitors. Watched him do it and will definately do it myself if it ever happens again. The guy that came out told me he has worked at this company for three years and has changed and average of one a day for that entire period. Samsung has only been paying for the repair for a little while. If my tube had this problem in the past and I had my receipt I would be after them to make it right.It would have cost me about 100 bucks if I had to pay for it.
We fixed it! Had the soldering iron and stuff so we only spent $5 and 1.5 hours to fix our $1500 TV. THANK YOU!
I also asked the repair dude what tv he would get if he was going to get one. He said Sony no doubt. They are built way better than any of the rest. Panasonic would be his number 2 choice the picture is as good as samsung but samsung dropped the ball on sound. Just thought I would let everyone know that info. Take it or leave it. Samsung will fix the clickers now for sure so get in touch with them. They know there is a problem and we just happened to be there when they were selling it. Have a great day, except I know if you are on this post you probably aren’t. Try anyway
Happy with Samsung’s actions! We had a Samsung LE40R74BDX 40″ LCD TV just over 3 years old, it started the clicking on/off performance a few weeks ago and I read all about the problems on the internet and decided to call Samsung on the number shown on their UK website:- 01932 454 358 or 0845 726 7 864 (SAM S UNG).
I was put on hold for quite a while but the first person I spoke to was able to answer my queries and fix the problem by sorting a service visit from their local service centre (Visual Service Centre, Manchester), completely FREE of charge.
The call from VSC took a couple of days but they arranged to come the day after. They called before arriving and then arrived promptly at 10:30am. The fix was to replace the Power Supply Unit (PSU) with a reconditioned one with uprated capacitors. From arriving to leaving was only 20 mins if that.
We have 3 Samsung TV’s and have other Samsung products and I have to admit that if Samsung hadn’t fixed the TV for free then this would have deeply soured my future buying prospects with them. As it is I am really happy with everything and have the greatest respect for Samsung UK in honouring their obligations.
The service guy did say that if people ignore the clicking sound and let the problem persist then it can damage other components and in that case Samsung may not honour the repairs. IF YOU’RE READING THIS AND WONDERING WHETHER TO GET YOUR TV FIXED THEN DO IT NOW BEFORE IT GETS COMPLETELY KNACK’D!
j’ai des difficultes pour trouver les condensateur montes sur la platine d’alimentation bn44-00165a ou bn44-00167a. (difficultes pour avoir capacité,tension et temperature=105°)
avez vous un site partculier.
avec mes remerciements
“Have been having some difficulties to find the capacitor mounted on the plate of food bn44-00165a-00167a or bn44. (Difficulties for capacity, voltage and temperature = 105 °)
you have a site partculier.
with thanks”
http://www.parts-express.com/ carry lots of capacitors
Just a short note to say it is nice to see that we all speak the same language (even if it is french) it is all the same when it comes to our day to day problems. I have never posted on any board before this and I’ve had a good time reading all your posts. My tv is fixed so I guess I should just bow out of this one but if any of you have other posts you could recommend feel free to email me the names of them to randy.thatcher@gbrx.com (no relation to aunty Margie Thatcher)
I have exactly the same problem, tv clicking on/off but never actually coming on, after reading the posts on here i rang the Samsung customer service no and they were really helpful, waiting for my local repair centre to call to arrange an engineer visit, they said that if it is the capacitors that are the problem then it will be fixed free of charge, keep fingers crossed and will let you know the outcome
Having the exact same problem…. TV is now averaging 15 mins to turn… Found this website and was contemplating a “do it yourself” but then wanted to call Samsung first…. Called them and they are sending out a local company to replace the capacitors free of charge…. I’m in Texas by the way…. Pretty awesome, would’ve never expected this! Thanks for putting up this website!
Another happy customer. Had the exact same problem and now watching the TV.
Eventually TV would not come on. Called Samsung Support at 09:15. By 15:30 an engineer from a local company arrived at the house to carry out a FREE repair. Pretty excellent Service.
The engineer did say it depends on who you get at the Call Centre for what king of response you will get.
It took him longer to get the back panel off/on than it did to replace the capacitors.
For what its worth, my opening line was …
“I believe my TV has fallen foul to your known capacitor / power supply problem”
Appreciate all the posts which pointed me in the right direction.
same as Ian post above eventually would not come on…just a click flashing red dot over and over try to power up
today rang samsung after about 15 mins on hold…spoke with guy ..told him had my LE40R8 for 2yrs…same problem with capacitors clicking on and off at power up…he agreed it was design fault and said will repair for free….an hour later had call from local company coming out to fix tomorrow
hats off to samsumg for prompt action
I have a Samsung LN-T5271F LCD TV. I had the clicking noise. Called Samsung and the repair person came out on Feb 26, 2010 and put a new capacitor board in and the TV work fine until June 25, 2010 when it started clicking and not turning on right a way. I called Sansung and they said they would not do anything about it. Samsung said I should call the repairman that did the repair in Feb. and explane the problem to them and see what they will do for me. I called the repairman and he said the board is only warrantied for 3 months. So here I sit with a POS that doesn’t work again. Time to get out the soldering gun out and get some practice in.
Sounds like they put in the same defective power board that they took out instead of replacing it with the newer version.
Fill a BBB complaint against the repair shop.
10 out of 10 for Samsung!!!!! Repairman came out today and within half an hour tv was fixed for free as it was the capacitors that were faulty, thanks so much to everyone who posted on this site about the problem, without you i would have forked out for a new one by now
called Samsung today and explained that i was informed about the capacitor issue. Previously they had denied coverage but today they agreed to a courtesy repair on the capacitors. scheduled for Thursday. props to Samsung for making it right by their customers.
My Samsung, LN T4665F was purchased in 2007. About a year ago it started the clicking sound and taking a few “clicks” to come on…and has gotten progressively worse. Now it takes several minutes of “clicking” to come on. About 3 months ago the screen would have purple specks and lines on it. I turn the TV off and right back on and the purple specks/lines are gone. After reading the blogs of others having the same problem and getting courtesy capacity repairs, my husband called Samsung a month ago and was told that the courtesy repairs were for TV’s manufactured from 10/07 and ours was manufactured 7/07 and was not eligible for the free repair. So, today I called Samsung and with no problem was told they would have a local repair company contact me for the free courtesy capacitor repair! The repair company has already called me to tell me they will be our tomorrow! However, they also said if it is not the capacitors, would be charged for what ever needed to be repaired and if I refuse the repair, I get to pay $79 service fee….. But, I am sure from all I have read it MUST be the capacitors. I sure hope so, my husband and I are both laid off work and $79 is ALOT of money! Wish me luck!
To author PAM
Just wondering where are you located $$$??? Here in Burlington Ontario Canada Samsung denies anything wrong with their sets and pleading “company policy”. As soos as you give them your fone no they know where you are calling from and their tune changes. I have so far not been successful with their “customer service no.” (lack of). My TV been here on the work bench for the last six months having had exactly the same problems you described. Let us know how you made out, thanks LOUIS
Louis
I live in Atlanta GA.,USA! When I spoke to their customer service I did mention that I believed I have a capacitor problem after researching my issues on Earthlink, Cnet and other web blogs,,,,I figure that way they know I do know of all the MANY MANY others with the same issue and that I know they are making free repairs for most if not all….I will let you know how my repair goes and you need to pursue your repair further with Samsung, good luck!
Louis from Ontario;
Either you are calling the wrong number or you are not forcefull enough.They will fix your TV. They had a problem, they know about it and you must make them agree to fix it. You bought it on good faith and they will fix their error. Doesn’t matter where you are from the company is still Samsung and if they ever plan on selling any more TVs they will fix all of them. Try again, as I am sure like everyone else they will get away with what they can. You can bet your sweet a__ they are reading these posts. Good luck. P.S. it is an easy fix if you have any experience with soldering at all. But only as a last resort because their repair should be covered also.
Hi everyone, like all here my Samsung TV had been clicking for the past month or so with the clicking worsening as time went on. Yesterday (July 6, 2010) it did not come on at all and was clicking from morning ’til night to no avail. Suffice to say the unit is dead!!
I woke up this morning and googled the fault which lead me here and to youtube where I watched a few DIY videos. But I’m a girl people so it looked all too much for me. Feeling encouraged by the recent posts that Samsung is fixing clicking problems, I called them today on the UK number 01932 454 358 and the gentleman was very helpful. He took my model number, asked when and where I bought the TV and gave me a customer reference number. He then took my contact details and stated an engineer will call me either today or tomorrow to come out and FIX my TV FREE OF CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
So call Samsung first people before attempting the DIY. Hope this helps…GOD BLESS!!
This is a follow up to my prior posting yesterday, Samsung sent a local repair person out today, he found 3 bad capacitors and had them replaced in bout 15 minutes, he put it back together and turned it on and guess what….I actually turn on!!! And the purple specks and lines are also gone too…thank goodness.
To RANDY and PAM
Thanks for the quick response. I did replace all capacitors of which at least three of them had the classical signs of bulging, also took pictures before and after as a record. However in my case (a small percentage) clicking still prevailed NO FIX. As I read some previous postings I would have to reset the EPROM .This requires the TV remote which I dont have (was not supplied at time of purchase). The tel no I used is the 1 800 726 7864 and eaven if I call the local (in Mississauga) listing it will automatically be aswered in the US and this is where I get the “lip service”. Im considering going to their plant in Mississauga just so I can talk to a “representative”I have not given up on this issue as yet just had other priorities like “illness” for now. Thanks for the posting LOUIS in Burlington.
Just phoned samsung 0845 7267864 its a none fault mine is two years out of the waranty and thay are sending out my local tv repair man to fix very pleased
I have a 40″ Samsung LCD Model LE40R7 and stared to get this strange clicking noise about a week ago and the tv took say 1 minute to turn on but got gradually worse and now takes 10 mins or more.
Googled the problem and found this site with other customers experiences & found telephone number for Samsung UK so phoned them this morning 8th July 2010 and reported problem.They were very good and said an engineer would contact me which he has now done and repair should be carried out Monday 12th July! Very impressed but lets see if he turns up!
TV started this bad capacitor problem approximately 5 days ago, the set would take about one minute of clicking before finally booting up. As the weeks went on, if the set is cold it takes nearly 3 minutes or if you turn it off and right back on maybe twenty seconds. So low and behold, thank goodness I found this site! I called Samsung and relayed the problem. I was worried because I purchased the set (for 1700, now you can get one for 849) in January 2008. Samsung said that they would have the local service center call me in 1-2 days. The lady gave a disclaimer that if the problem isn’t the power supply that I will be subject to the service charges. If it costs 200 bucks to keep this TV another 2.5 years, it will be worth it.
Does any one know if the following model is covered for out of warranty repair as I am unfortunately experiencing clicking problems. Model: le46m86bdx. As I really can not afford repairs. Cheers for any reply’s.
I experienced same problem – tried to switch TV on and it clicks till amen. Imagine I waited the whole month to watch the world cup final and this happened yesterday afternoon. Anyway, thanks for the advice – I called Samsung (01932 454 358), and a free service call has been arranged. Thanks everyone.
Update…..Just received a call to say my TV will be fixed tomorrow morning. So excited.
I live in Ajax, Ontario Canada and for the past two week have had the same clicking problem that everyone else has. I actually thought it was my Harmony remote going nutty, so I did a firmware and software update on that and still the same issue. Found the original remote and the same issue. Sometimes, my TV would just stop clicking and not turn on unless I unplugged the power cable. Saw this website, called the Sammy Customer Service number and they are covering the service technician to come take a look and repair if its the capacitor. Dude on the phone said he was 99.9% sure it was.
Should be getting a call from the technician within the next day or two. Will keep you updated but I can tell you that there seemed to be no issue with the customer service rep. I did, off the top, mention the clicking and how I read it was a capacitor issue. Not sure if that swayed his position to help or not but it worked for me.
Hi
Wow – glad I found your website. My samsung 42″ tv started making this clicking sound and wouldn’t turn on. It got to the stage of us having to wait 15 mins before it would come on but now it just clicks away.
It’s just out of warranty but I paid over £1000 for it so I’m not happy.
Hope that by reading the info on this site, I’ll be able to fix it cheaply.
Thanks for posting.
Kind Regards,
Samantha
Hi!
This is my second email. Just wanted to say thanks for this site! I just rang Samsung and took the advice of someone above to start the conversation with, ‘I’m calling about your know capacitator/power supply problem…’
My tv is three-years-old so is out of warranty but I paid over $1,000 for it so not happy! But Samsung were great and said it was a known problem which they are trying to amend and that they are repairing all tv’s free-of-charge with this fault.
Had I not found this website I would not have called them as it was out of warranty and would have ended up paying goodness knows how much for an engineer.
So thank you!
I did say to Samsung that I found a website with 750 posts and complaints and I’m glad they’re fixing it foc as I was thinking of phoning the tv show Watchdog LOL!!!
Blessings, Samantha x
Samsung engineer duly arived Monday morning as promised and fixed tv in 5 mins no charge. Good on you Samsung for facing up to your responsibilties!
Waranties/Guarantees not worth paper their written on. Sale of goods act in UK states companies must honour guarantees up to 6 years from purchase date. The only good the EU have ever done!
Just got off the phone with Samsung and they are sending a repairman to look at my 46″ LCD TV and even though it is 7 months past the warranty they will fix it N/C if the problem is the capacitors. Hopefully this will solve the problem. Thank you for your internet site.
Just an update sice my last posting two days ago:
About two hours after my conversation with a Samsung rep, I received a call from the technician. However, instead of him coming to the house, I had to take my TV to his shop about 15 minutes away (all highway driving, thankfully). Doesnt sound like that big of a deal but my unit is mounted and is a pain to get down and transport. Regardless, I dropped it off yesterday morning and they were done by late afternoon.
I actually picked it up today and reinstalled it and all is working well. I have told a number of family and friends who have Samsung TV’s in the event they have an issue down the line.
My only one question out of all of this: The technicians website says they stand behined their work…for 90 days. Fingers crossed….
Wow, I was amazed to see all the same things going on with so many people. Its the same story over an over. I had a guy come over and he replaced the caps, I didnt see the values on the caps he put in but they instantly blew when he gave it power. He then took the board home and replaced the caps under oscope. And then brought it back only to let the smoke out of another component. Long story short I now have to buy a new board. Im ok with this athough after reading this I’m pissed at samsung for building a lemon and not taking care of thier customers. They need to be accountable for thier product and because of this I won’t be buying Samsung anything!