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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@Kerry
If you take a length of solder (in wire form) and touch it to the soldering iron..does it melt?
If so, It can often help to put a melt a little bit of solder on the tip of the iron, this will then give you a better contact between the soldering iron and the solder on the printed circuit board.
I used an 18w soldering iron, it was barely powerful enough.
Try not to get too frustrated with it, thats when you are gonna make mistakes, better to just leave it for a while and come back later.
Chris I fixed my tv and soldered on three capacitors except 806 and when i turned the tv on the color is off could this be from not replacing the one capacitor? The people are a little green lol i need to fix this could you help me?
thank u so much i got a le40 lcd 13 months old just out of warranty samsung fobbed me off there engineer wanted £100 plus vat to just look at it stumbled upon this site spent £2 on parts my mate put the capasitors in (just 3 very easy to spot raised heads) job done so with beers for my mate cost me £12 and the wifey can watch eastenders s im out the dog house too thanks again mate
Checked Power suppy after clicking noise, all Caps look OK , but large burn mark , Anyone know how to get new board , 42PSPF411701A?
a big thank you i just opened my tv its a le40r73bd, and yes it has 4 blown capacitors i gave SAMSUNG a ring and there reply was not our problem sir even after i explained that its a common fault with alot of there tv sets. A new board is £163 and theres a few people on ebay advertising to fix the board for £55 plus pnp so its time to do it myself ill let you know how i get on.
My tv took 25 mins to turn on with about 300 – 400 clicks, samsung is still a good brand and i will stay with them just a shame about this common fault with some bad components.
once again thanks for all the info
Greetings from across the pond! (Washington State (WA), U.S.A.)
Thanks so much for posting this and all of your follow-ups. About $50.00 got me…
- New 25 Watt Soldering Iron
- Solder
- Solder Tape
- Flux
- Replacement Capacitors (the big, beefy kind)
Removed most of the old solder via the solder tape, replaced eight (8) capacitors–two being blown–T.V. was up and running as soon as I got the cover back on. It took me about two hours in-all and this being my first solder project.
Once again, many thanks for saving us some money and a lot of frusration. I have a Samsung LN-T4669F and would definitely get it all over again. Who says the do-it-yourself’er is dead? LOL
- Matt
Hi chris,
eventually gave up, took the t.v. to a repair shop found out the power and the main board has gone its going to cost someone £400 and its not going to be me. I think currys are going to get a nice bill, i have sent the engineers report to them which cost me £50 lets wait and see eh.
cheers for your help
My le40r73bd TV ( 2 1/2 yrs old) started making the cicking last weekend, noticebly getting worse as the week went until this morning just kept clicking. I had seen this website among others saying it is a common fault. Phoned samsung who said that it was not a common problem but they could send an engineer at a cost to me, politely declined and decided to have a go myself. I opened it up and saw that 2 capicitors were bulging but decided to change the other 2 around them. Maplins had them for 48p each. Double checked the method above and after 2hours and not done soldering since college over 20yrs ago my TV switched on straight away.
Would just like to say excellent instructions above and that if anyone wishes to attempt it I would give it a go and save yourself £150+,
for UK buyers.
how to get your TV fixed for free.
1. DONOT contact sansung direct.
2.go to your retailer. under the 1979sale of goods act THEY are responsible as the seller, even if the guarantee has expired.
3 be assertive but not aggressive and point out the following.
a.your contraact is with them NOT samsung. do not be fobbed off
b.inform them that the TV was sold to you with an ‘inherent fault’
c tell the fault is the psu as posted above.
d tell them that you can prove its inherent fault and show them the printout of this page and quote googlw searches for clicking.
etell them its their reponsibility under the sale of goods act to rectify the fault.
f if they refuse tell them that you reqire the manager name and name of refusing salesperson.
then tell them you are confidant of your case and that if the do not repair the tv you will inform trading standards and you will persue a claim for the full cost of the tv as compensation theough the small claims court.
at this point they will roll over and take the tv in for repair.
IT IS THE SHOPS REPONSIBILTY TO LIASE WITH SAMSUNG NOT YOURS
i tried it todasy nag guess what, my tvs going in tommoroww for s free repair. hoorah
the law is on YOUR side becuse the fault is inherent in law by virtue of the fact so many people are posting the fault on the net. a good idea is to invite them to view this site.
sorry about previous post but i have a sticky keyboard, however you get the idea. you can ‘smooth’ things along by offering to bring the TV to the shop. its important to remain cool but assertive and not aggressive. its costs aprrox £50 to make a claim through the ‘small claims court’ but you wont have to. show them the evidence (point them to this webpage), and show them you mean business, and you will succeed.
samsung will not admit publicly to the fault as being’inherent’ and thats why you get no joy with them. however they do know it is inherent, and asserting your rights will make the shop repair your tv. the shop will then claim it back from samsung who will settle with them or they will lose trade.
ps if youve already paid up for a new psu then take the receipt to the retailer and demand reimbusement. or recontact samsung and tell them you want a refund or youll go to court. inform them that the evidence is overwhelming that the fault is inherent due to bad design or poor build quality of the PSUs
How can I figure out what type of capacitors that I need? Does Radio Shack carry this type of capacitor, or will I need to order them?
Thanks a bunch.
final update.
picked up my ‘free’ repaired tv today. they tried to get £50 from me.
i stuck to the script and informed them ill go to trading standards and small claims court. also
i requested they tell samsung this fact. samsung immeadiatly agreed to pay the retailer the repair cost. (because they know its a problem.) job done for me. im happy now
good luck to the rest of you trying to get your ‘clickers’ fixed
This fix worked great for me. Pretty easy. Took the TV apart, found the 2 capacitors that went bad, wrote down what they were, drove down to an electronics parts store, grabbed the capacitors I needed, and switched out the old ones.
Whole process took less than 2 hours, and it was a lot of fun actually.
Thank you very much author for your help.
You ROCK!!! Awesome name for a website. Reason to never buy a samsung again. I called and they disavowed all knowledge of the issue — interesting because it took approx. 37 seconds to find the issue (and thanks to you,the solution).
Hi All,
Just a quick post to say that i have been experiencing the same problem for some time now. This morning literally the TV died and would not turn on at all (the night before it took a good 45 mins).
Firstly as the missus would not let me near the TV to try myself…i tried the assertive approach with Comet. I followed the script down to a T regarding inherent problem, consumer act, trading standards and small claims court. I have to be honest the manager was on the ball and pretty much shot me down in flames.
He advised that they (being comet or samsung) would not take any forum posts or internet information into account…i would have to get 3 independant engineers reports. Then if it was found to be a manufacturing fault i would be re-embursed and the problem fixed for free. Bearing in mind i would be charged £50 each time just to look at it!!!
Now if any of you have children you will appreciate that a little portable TV in the place of a personal cinema will just not do.
Any way going on a bit here but i bought some new capacitors for £7 in total (£1.79 each). Borrowed my dad’s soldering iron and a few hours later (even the missus mucked in lol) all was good and the little one (and me) are over joyed!!!
The above instructions for the DIY were brilliant and very comprehensive.
Many thanks and good luck to people with future problems!!!
Marc
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hi marc
ref:’i would have to get 3 independant engineers reports’.
this is not true and retailers know it. its their stock frightener to put you off.
BBC1 tvs ‘the one show’ only last night 20thaug had dom littlewood do a sale of goods act item. he specifically mentioned the independant report. and how cheap and simple it is to use the small claims (grab a chance to see it if its on the BBC Iplayer).
you have to remain assertive, and tell them you do NOT require an enginneers report to make the claim under the sale of goods act. tell them you will go to the small claims court to recover the FULL cost of the tv. tell them youll also your complaint to trading standards and to the BBC watchdog program. suggest they talk to samsung, and samsung WILL rollover. they dont want bad publicity and will cough up if they think your serious. trouble is that us brits are too soft and dont like to cause trouble. it plays into retailers hands.
of course you could email dom cos hes interested to about these fob offs from retailers. i know youve got your tv fixed now but remember if youve opened the tv you could lose any sale of goods rights to claim if it doesnt work or was not the actual fault.
Hi Bob,
Thanks for that…i think you’ve hit the nail on the head there. He seemed to know a lot about the acts and process…as as i dont i felt it a bit be-littling and that he had the upper hand.
Even though my TV is fixed…Just out of curiosity and the fact that i am still very annoyed at the way he spoke to me…is this worth looking into regarding emailing Dom? Just out of the principle?
Also i was a bit impatient and had to fix the problem…if i had of waited and checked this response i would have acted on your advice…but at least the little one’s happy now.
Thanks
problem was what he ‘seemed’ to know about the SOG act, was in fact innacurate. of course you as a customer wouldnt know that unless youve read up on it.
my interest was to get the tv repaired for free cos £1000 tvs shouldnt go bang after only 18 months. you actually have 6 years to make a complaint. yes you need to show its unfit for purpose by virtue of an inherent fault. that doesnt mean you need an engineers report. the evidence of all these posts and that samsung pay up once retailer tells them you know your rights should be enough.
the threat of small claims court action for compensation of the FULL cost of the tv will make them listen. the small claims is you + the retailer + a judge. he listens to both sides and their evidence and makes a decision. i consider it a no brainer because you can present the forum posts (andan engineers report if you want to )and you can show that samsung DO know theres a problem because they pay uponce retailer confronts them. in my book thats case proven.
to anyone else trying to get tv fixed, get the retailer to phone samsung while your onsite. you should get a better outcome.
because of the way retailers are treating us customers im now annoyed enough to email DOM and watchdog. it appears many many people are paying for tv repairs that they shouldnt.
so go for it and email DOM cos i will be. ill refer him to this website and to google clicking samsung tv for more forum posts .
im glad you fixed tv yourself by why should you have to. my tosh tv has worked fine for 10 years. so samsungs should work for at least 3.
My set a 40″ Samsung started doing the same thing, then finally would not power on at all it is under warranty but I am getting a run around and a two week wait for service.
I decided to open her up and immediately found five bulging leaking capacitors. I ran around town to three radio shacks before I had all eight needed. Followed your instructions and it powered right up and works fine now. Thanks for the get info! Jay
To all who have posted, especially the author, THANK YOU. This is absolutely awesome. It is sad that Samsung would rather risk a repeat customer than fix a problem that is obviously affecting a large amount of customers. For crying out loud… the price is very small. For me, I just do not feel comfortable soldering on my TV. Fortunately for me, I have a good friend who is wise about such things, and is going to help me. I did pull apart the TV and found 4 bulging capacitors. Amazing! $2500 for a TV and a tiny
$0.60 part will bring it all down. I currently own four Samsung TV’s. Two 46″ LCDs, One 32″ LCD, and a DLP 56″.
Not meaning to toot my own horn here, but I believe that I am a brand loyal customer, and I was just SHOT DOWN when I called them. My next TV will certainly not be a Samsung.
Is it possible that Samsung and repairmen are making a lot of money selling PSU boards, then the TV tech takes your old one, replaces the capacitors and sells the “refurbished” PSU on Ebay for an added profit. That is the only reason I would think that Samsung would not just do the repair free of charge. It is obviously faulty or cheap capacitors and does not seem to be model specific.
I experienced this same problem on my 52″ Samsung model LN-T5271F. Fortunately, the TV was only making about 7-8 clicks before coming on but it sounds like it was only going to get worse. I’ll admit that I was a little nervous opening up my TV (that was OUT of warranty but still IN payments). I followed the instructions here and found 2 capacitors slightly bulged up. I found an electronics parts store who had the capacitors I needed and replaced them. The TV was back up and running within 2 hours. Total cost was $1.92!
Thanks so much for these DIY instructions and good luck with anyone else who has this problem.
MANY THANKS…
Same story here, constant clicking on a Samsung 650 purchased 1 Aug 2008. I was very hesitant about trying this project so I ordered a replacement PSU and figured while I was waiting for it to arrive, I would give it a try. I replaced 4 of the caps and presto, like new!
The following parts were used as replacements.
Cap #851, #881, #854; 47uF / 50V (PN: EEU-FC1H470)
Cap #853, #852; 2200uF / 10V (PN: EEU-FC1A222L)
Cap #876, #880; 1000uF / 25V (PN: EEU-FC1E102L)
Cap #850; 1000uF / 10V (PN: EEU-FC1A102L)
NOTE: to clarify, the parts listed above were for a LN-T5271F unit.
On my 40″ set I replaced all the Caps with “beefier” caps. I used the same uF but higher voltage caps eg 1000uF 10 volt replaced with 1000uF 35 volt etc. My set works perfect now and I think the heavier caps will avoid gas build up. Thanks again for the DIY instructions.
I still have not heard from the repair man that is supposed to schedule a visit . I guess when he calls I will tell him that the TV fixed itself.
I do not want to void the few months left on my crappy warranty by admitting that I took the set apart. Jay
Hi,
I just found this site after a google search as my 17 month old Samsung LE46F86BDX/XEU developed this clicking problem and takes 2-3 minutes to switch on.
I did use the Samsung on-line repair service and received a reply telling me to switch off the power for 8 hours and try again, if this did not work I would have to get a non warranty repair. This tv cost over £1300 pounds less than 17 months ago, I find this very poor service from Samsung and even worse now that I find it is a known fault.
Fortunately I did see DOM on THE ONE SHOW and downloaded the template of the letter you need to send to the retailer.
I will be sending my letter to Dabs.com who are actually an excellent company so hopefully they will respond better than Sansung.
Absolute genius. Clicking Samsung TV, 42″. 18 screws out, unclipped / disconnected the power supply cables. 4 x obvious goosed capacitors (1000uF, 10v). Swift trip to RS Components, £1.21 for new (5 of) capacitors. 30 minutes to desolder the old ones, resolder the new ones, including re-assembling the TV. Bingo. TV sorted. Bonkers. The wife and son think I am a genius. Just can’t get to watch anything now becuase my son will not come off his XBox 360……. Ta very much young man.
i got 1000μF 85°C at 16V by mistake ,will make much difference if i you these ?
@tsk
μF must be the same
°C must be same or the new one can be greater than the old one
V must be same or the new one can be greater than the old one
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Thanks for publishing all this information, it was really helpful. I called Samsung and requested to speak with a supervisor since preview attempt to get anywhere via their customer support failed.
Inform Samsung (Yes they know) that there is an issue with their capacitors on the main board and let them know that there is a website that documents the issues and there are many folks that experience this issue. Samsung at the end gave in and sent a technician onsite to repair the TV with no cost although I did not have maintenance with Samsung or support from 3rd party.
Thanks for this information on the site it helped me a lot negotiating with Samsung.
Do any of these laws correlate to anything here in the US? I’m having same problem about 16 months in. Samsung gave me the local tv repair shop number and I’d like to know if I can do the same thing?
for UK samsung sufferers download the letter from this website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/consumer/2009/07/03/sale_of_goods_act_letter_downl.html
its a template you fillout ,print off and hand to the manager of the SHOP (not samsung). tell the shop to contact samsung and tell them (samsung) that youll go to trading standards, the small claims court, and bbc watchdog program if samsung or the shop dont resolve your problem.
there is no sale of goods act in the US, but you do have something similar to trading standards. i cant remember what its called. so dave williams would have to look it it up. dave could try calling samsung US and point them to this and other websites. as US is litigation heaven you could ‘bluff’ them that youll collect other complainants details and then sue them (samsung) in a class action lawsuit. if the bluff fails then its get the soldering iron out.
good luck
US
Thanks for the info. My 52” Samsung LCD from 01/08 quit working four days ago. Started clicking about a week ago and completely quit about four days ago. I purchased at Circuit City with extended warranty (Circuit City is out of business). Since I got the run around from the company that took over the extended warranty, I opened the TV and found that two of the 1000μF/10V capacitors had bulging tops. I went to Radio Shack and found 1000μF/35V capacitors. Called an EE at my office and he said the blown capacitors were most likely due to over-voltage (undersized capacitor). I removed and installed the two capacitors during lunch (including the trip to Radio Shack). TV works great. 15/30 watt soldering iron, vacuum desoldering tool, solder, and two capacitors cost $31.99.
Thats great John. I have 6 of these TVs set up at my office so I may need these tips at some point. When I found out about their warranty extension for registration, I went to their website and registered my TV at the “appropriate time” to fall into the correct timeline. They put up very little fuss and its being repaired by the shop under warranty now. Hopefully with better parts.
Cahnged 4 bulging capacitors and the TV (Samsung 40″ 3 years old)now works like a charm again. Had to get ones with higher voltage rating 25V instead of 10V since I had to do it on a Saturday (Kids and wife kept nagging me… lol) and the only shop was open and carried capacitors were out of stock on the others.
As I understand it though, this isn´t a problem since the new capacitors can handle a greater voltage.
LN-T4669F went bad like everyone else. the tv has been great except for this “little” problem. it’s out of warranty so i’m gonna fix it myself, but i have a problem. the two capacitors that are blown do not have indicators on them like the others. it looks like they have sleeves on them, but the others do not. the only markings on them are
cc 021
w-1 change
tube CSA
any help identifying these would be a tremendous.
Thanks to all the help in this thread. We went to Frys (near Seattle) and bought 4 1000 microfarad (mu)105 degree C. capacitors at 36 volts. I bought one of those spring loaded solder suckers but not sure it did much good. I had trouble with some of the connectors and didn’t want to force them so I left them on and just flipped the board over partially still connected. We got a 25 watt iron and it seemed to be just right. The solder wasn’t as pretty as the original but it worked great. Getting them out is sort of like pulling teeth. I kept a close eye on which way that gray strip face and made sure the new one faced the same way. And now there’s that crazy sound of high notes instantly
MY 46in LCD TV model LNT4669F had the same problem after a year and a half. I replaced the capacitors rated 2200uf, 10V, and 105 degree C. I had to contact a electronics supplier as the Radio Shack equivalent was the size of a D battery. Only catch was I had to buy 100! If anyone could use them just let me know. The fix did the trick. Thanks for the info.
Thank you so much for putting this how-to up, I have the same power up issue and its progressively getting worse. I knew it was a power issue from other posts, until I read this I havn’t opened up my set to inspect it. And there they were, 4 of the same size capacitors bulged on the tops, 2 of which have some black junk starting to seep out. I’m going to order parts tonight and do this repair.
You guys rock! My 16 month old 40″ Monitor did the whole clicking thing and the simple fact is that I need this for my business and I didn’t have the money to pay someone to fix it. Because of your great information I am back up and running for a total cost of $10! Thanks so much for this Post!
I followed the capacitor replacement and its ok now.
I have just used this method to change 4 capacitors on my LCD, model number is LE40R73BD. Please don’t be afraid to give this a try it costs next to nothing and has your tv back up and running in 2 hours max!!!!! Thanks
I had the same problem with my 40 inch. I didn’t get the clicking sound everyone else is hearing but I poped the back off and seen 2 blown capacitors. I am going to replace them tomorrow and will post my, hopefully great, results. It sure seems like a big coincidence that my damn TV stops working only 11 days after my warranty is up.
I have the same problem with my Samsung and sure enough, three capacitors had gone.
Only trouble is, I changed them today and the problem is still the same – any ideas?
Don’t really want to put a dampner on this great thread, but could do with some help.
Cheers.
@Paul,
Did you change all the capacitors on the power supply board? If not, its possible that the one causing the problem is not showing any visible signs yet. I would recommend changing all of them before trying anything else.
Thanks Chris. No, just changed the ones that had obviously gone. I will change the others and report back. Many thanks!
1 of my 4 capacitors seemed OK but replaced it as well. I’m not sure what the other different sized components in the same circuit board neighborhood were, but did not replace them. Some of those other slightly different sized cylinders may be capacitors as well but again, did not replace them.
just had the same problem guys with the added problem of no colour on any of the inputs ,repair engineer says its the main board and will cost 250 pounds to fix!!!! told him to bring back the tv and i will sort it myself
any of you guys had the same loss of colour?
i have a samsung 40″ lcd which also had the capacitor problems like most other people.having been quoted £225 to repair i decided to give it a go, purely due to this helpful page and an american guy on you tube who posted a video on how to do it.£15 for a set of capacitors (changed them all)and a borrowed soldering iron, and now i have a fully working tv again! i have zero knowledge of electronics and hadn’t used a soldering iron before this, but give it a go! you’ll save yourself loads of money! Time and patience is all you need. many thanks again.