My Samsung TV is dead :-(

XEntity · April 13, 2011, 21:24:52 PM

Several years old and out of warranty, not impressed. Need to disassemble and check the capacitors, apparently it's not a rare problem. Hopefully it is then I'll get the soldering iron out and fix it

chaotic_uk · April 14, 2011, 02:11:06 AM

while your at it can you fix the sound on my 37" lcd ?

TheMallrat · April 14, 2011, 20:38:07 PM

What model is it?

XEntity · April 14, 2011, 21:16:52 PM

Quote from: chaotic_uk on April 14, 2011, 02:11:06 AM
while your at it can you fix the sound on my 37" lcd ?

Have you tried turning it off and on again? And is the volume turned up?

Quote from: TheMallrat on April 14, 2011, 20:38:07 PM
What model is it?

LE40R74 or something like that? Why you ask?

..and on another note my ABS light has just come on on my mondeo on the way home... Hope it is the rear left as they have only just replaced the bearing and it's all part of the same assembly, so if they f**ked it they can pay for it!

chaotic_uk · April 14, 2011, 21:47:05 PM

Quote from: XEntity on April 14, 2011, 21:16:52 PM
Quote from: chaotic_uk on April 14, 2011, 02:11:06 AM
while your at it can you fix the sound on my 37" lcd ?

Have you tried turning it off and on again? And is the volume turned up?

had it repaired twice before and it was dry joints , some times you can watch it for hours before the sound goes and other times it is within a few min

TheMallrat · April 14, 2011, 21:59:46 PM

Quote from: XEntity on April 14, 2011, 21:16:52 PM

LE40R74 or something like that? Why you ask?

Because I used to repair LCDs and plasmas so just wondering as some Samsung TVs, and I'm talking about 2 whole series in all sizes, had crap capacitors on the power board so we were replacing the boards in almost every one we sold. Some of the TVs lasted a month or so, some lasted years, but they all had the fault. However I don't believe your model was affected. I will check with a guy at work who still repairs tvs if he knows of any known problems with your set.

XEntity · April 14, 2011, 22:46:37 PM

Quote from: TheMallrat on April 14, 2011, 21:59:46 PM
Quote from: XEntity on April 14, 2011, 21:16:52 PM

LE40R74 or something like that? Why you ask?

Because I used to repair LCDs and plasmas so just wondering as some Samsung TVs, and I'm talking about 2 whole series in all sizes, had crap capacitors on the power board so we were replacing the boards in almost every one we sold. Some of the TVs lasted a month or so, some lasted years, but they all had the fault. However I don't believe your model was affected. I will check with a guy at work who still repairs tvs if he knows of any known problems with your set.

Cheers dude, when I actually have time I'll pull the back off and have a look, from what I hear it's fairly visible when they have gone, I'll see if I can get a reading using a multimeter while still attached to the board otherwise.

Basically the light is flashing on the front and the relay ticks every 5 - 10 seconds, trying to turn the display on, no cfl or anything though

Binary Shadow · April 14, 2011, 23:15:04 PM

And there was me thinking we were a throw away society who had forgotten to mend and make do.. hope you can fix it dude!

XEntity · April 14, 2011, 23:48:19 PM

Quote from: Binary Shadow on April 14, 2011, 23:15:04 PM
And there was me thinking we were a throw away society who had forgotten to mend and make do.. hope you can fix it dude!

If it was a CRT then I probably would, but it's normally the tube on those anyway, and I don't want to go near the high voltage caps in those, but if I can fix my TV for10 - 15 quid it doesnt make sense to get rid, if it was going to cost as much to repair as a new TV then there would be no point, and prob sell the old tv for spares.

Google helps as well! As some things I just wouldn't know how to fix and it's always my first port of call, tbh I wish I didn't park on street, otherwise I'd be able to do some more work on my car myself!

soopahfly · April 15, 2011, 09:57:27 AM

My folks had one that used to lose it's sound.

That had the board replaced.

TheMallrat · April 17, 2011, 16:28:31 PM

Quote from: XEntity on April 14, 2011, 22:46:37 PM

Basically the light is flashing on the front and the relay ticks every 5 - 10 seconds, trying to turn the display on, no cfl or anything though

Ah, the old flash and click. You've more than likely got some blown capacitors on the power board. On the 7000 and 8000 series the cluster of caps in the top right corner of the board were the ones to blow, not too sure about your board. You'll be able to tell if they're blown as the top of them will be curved outwards and they usually have thick black liquid coming out of them.

XEntity · April 17, 2011, 18:10:07 PM

Quote from: TheMallrat on April 17, 2011, 16:28:31 PM
Quote from: XEntity on April 14, 2011, 22:46:37 PM

Basically the light is flashing on the front and the relay ticks every 5 - 10 seconds, trying to turn the display on, no cfl or anything though

Ah, the old flash and click. You've more than likely got some blown capacitors on the power board. On the 7000 and 8000 series the cluster of caps in the top right corner of the board were the ones to blow, not too sure about your board. You'll be able to tell if they're blown as the top of them will be curved outwards and they usually have thick black liquid coming out of them.

Yep that's what I thought, can get replacements for about a tenner.. Just need to open it up and check to see if that's the issue..

XEntity · April 21, 2011, 19:00:44 PM

Good news / bad news

Good news: spoke to Samsung and as it's a known issue, they'll repair it for free if it's the capacitors! Even though it's out of warranty.

Bad news: I don't expect it'll be fixed for either of the next two bank holidays !!

Leon · April 22, 2011, 08:09:29 AM

Glad to hear they will repair it out of warranty. I've always like sammy panels and thats not bad customer service either

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My Samsung TV is dead :-(