Comments on: Samsung TV makes a strange clicking sound

By: phiung808

phiung808 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:11:52 +0000

I got the same model as Jennyp’s HL61A650.
I had it for about 2 years and last week it would turn on and off by itself.
I replaced the lamp with a new one, that did not help. I will try Samsung next.

By: Jennyp

Jennyp — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:00:45 +0000

I seem to be having this same problem with but with model number HL61A650 that was purchased from Circuit City. I have called twice now to Samsung and the keep telling me that this is not a known issue with this model. Anyone with this model having the same problem? I am getting really sick of talking to their service department about it. The last guy said it wasn’t a problem with the DLPs only with the LCDs.
I’m not comfortable with doing the work myself.
Thanks!

By: Tracie

Tracie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:17:54 +0000

-I had the exact same problem with my 18 month old Samsung television. I orginially called a local tv repair company in the Memphis area and they were more than eager to come out and fix the problem. Before they came out I googled “Samsung clicking” and found so much information about the defective parts I was SHOCKED. I called 1-800-samsung immediately and they sent a repairman out to fix the TV at no charge. It was an easy 5 mintue phone call and it was taken care of. Even if your TV is out of warranty, call anyway. They know they have an issue and are more than willing to fix it.

By: Peter79

Peter79 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:58:03 +0000

DONE!!! I replaced 4 bulge caps (10volts), with 16 volts caps. It worked perfectly:
2 euros, 4 1000uf 16v caps (.50 cents each)
14 euros, solder
2 euros, soldering iron
Total 18 euros, it took 1 and a half hours, and it was the first time I used a solder; I had a similar problem with other equipment some months ago, but it was a friend who did the soldering.
Model Samsung LE40M87BDX

Thank you very much for the guide. To all the people having the same problem; replace the 10v caps with 16v caps!!

By: Ms Gurdeep Marwah

Ms Gurdeep Marwah — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:21:04 +0000

I bought my SAMSUNG plasma tv almost two years ago. I am having a problem as it does not start at one go. It makes a string clicking sound and after several minutes it starts. Now I have stopped operating it thinking it might cause some major problem. I called Samsung help line and they said that they will charge me Rs. 2000/- for one visit to check what is the problem. Pls help me in this matter. This seems to be a common problem. My contact no. is 9967530002 residing in Mumbai. I look forward to receiving a call from Samsung to come and repair this common problem.

By: Lillie

Lillie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:32:30 +0000

I too am a victim of Samsung capacitor problem. I purchased the LN-T4665F on Aug 30, 2007. My TV started this clicking sound when trying to power-up about three months ago. Now it takes about three clicking on/off before the I too am a victim of Samsung capacitor problem. I purchased the LN-T4665F on Aug 30, 2007. My TV started this clicking sound when trying to power-up about three months ago. Now it takes about three clicking on/off before the TV turn on. I decided to surf the web to see if I was the lone victim…no, I am not. Thanks for this web and a lot of helpful good hearted folks. I called Samsung last night and they told me my TV is not on the list for repair and gave me a local electrical company to call. I called them today and their charge to drive to my house is $175.00 plus whatever it will cost me to repair the TV. So, this weekend my home project will be to repair the set myself. I’ve no electrical experience but willing to take on this problem. I’ll post later how I made out with the repair. I too, will never buy another Samsung product. I am thinking of Sony in the future for television. Am I ticked off with Samsung? YES.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:33:57 +0000

Model LN46A650A1F Purchased on 7/22/08 from Circuit City (now defunked)in Maplewood, Minnesota USA. Samsung did not offer a free fix when I posted my capacitor problem on their web site but today, they were very responsive to the problem when I called their 800 number (1-800-726-7864). I was offered an in home one time capacitor replacement and they provided me the name of the service provider and a Transaction number to refer to if there are any questions or issues.

Although slow off of the starting line, it seems that they are now getting out in front of this issue.

Thanks to everyone!

By: Gerald1288

Gerald1288 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:58:39 +0000

Thanks to all of the postings and calls to Samsung, they are well aware of the capacitor problem. I have a Samgsung LN52A650 top of the line at the time and it started clicking but not comming on. I called Samsung and they told me that they would do a one-time fix. The process took two days.Technician came to my house and fixed it in 20 min. A bad batch of capacitors from Samsungs supplier. I will buy another Samsung in the future.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:24:38 +0000

So they came, replaced 2 of the bad caps. Asked him to replace all, but said they were only allowed to replace the bad ones. So, all in all, it was a quick easy fix but i just hope that it doesn’t repeat.

By: Peter79

Peter79 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:02:18 +0000

Hi, I am Peter from Spain; I have the same problem with my LE40M87BDX tv, this week I am going to try to fix the TV myself; I had the same problem with a KAON satellite receiver some months ago, and I changed the capacitors and it worked perfectly. I’ll let you know when I’m done.