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m3atball wrote:allicate1214 -
Thanks so much for posting this! I called Samsung about my LN-T4669FX/XXA fter reading your post. As expected, the policy was valid as my TV was manufactured in Feb 2008. I was told a local shop person will call in 1-2 business days. In Los Angeles area they use USACO Corporation (based in Cerrito, CA). I found some customer reviews from the Las Vegas area, which was really below par. Keeping my fingers crossed - I'll update on the service quality later.allicat1214 wrote:Hello all....
I have the Samsung LN-T4661F model and have had the same clicking/power issues for some time now. This morning was the last straw and TV just would NOT come on at all.
After reading thru all pages of this thread I called Samsung (to my surprise their hours are 9 am to midnight, EST, Mon-Sun, so they answered today!!).
(After reading the first few pages, I was going to attempt going to Radio Shack, but have NO soldering/electronics experience whatsoever. I do sewing work and crafts with glue gun, but that's the extent of my experience. My hubby is working LONG crazy hours due to oil spill --we live near New Orleans-- so he can't help.)
But after reading recent posts, I decided to call Samsung. I just wanted to report that they told me the same thing several recent posters have reported: they are offering a one-time fix if its the capacitors. And said a local repair company would be contacting me in 1 to 2 days. They also gave me a transaction # and followed up with an email with my info and the repair company's info.
I specifically wanted to say that unlike what someone posted back in March, Samsung is apparently now extending the one-time fix to TVs manufactured after Aug. 2007. My TV was manufactured in January 2008. When I saw that post, I wasn't going to call them, but decided to take a chance. Apparently they have recognized that more units are affected.
I will give update once TV is hopefully repaired for free.
m3atball wrote:allicate1214 -
Thanks so much for posting this! I called Samsung about my LN-T4669FX/XXA fter reading your post. As expected, the policy was valid as my TV was manufactured in Feb 2008. I was told a local shop person will call in 1-2 business days. In Los Angeles area they use USACO Corporation (based in Cerrito, CA). I found some customer reviews from the Las Vegas area, which was really below par. Keeping my fingers crossed - I'll update on the service quality later.allicat1214 wrote:Hello all....
I have the Samsung LN-T4661F model and have had the same clicking/power issues for some time now. This morning was the last straw and TV just would NOT come on at all.
After reading thru all pages of this thread I called Samsung (to my surprise their hours are 9 am to midnight, EST, Mon-Sun, so they answered today!!).
(After reading the first few pages, I was going to attempt going to Radio Shack, but have NO soldering/electronics experience whatsoever. I do sewing work and crafts with glue gun, but that's the extent of my experience. My hubby is working LONG crazy hours due to oil spill --we live near New Orleans-- so he can't help.)
But after reading recent posts, I decided to call Samsung. I just wanted to report that they told me the same thing several recent posters have reported: they are offering a one-time fix if its the capacitors. And said a local repair company would be contacting me in 1 to 2 days. They also gave me a transaction # and followed up with an email with my info and the repair company's info.
I specifically wanted to say that unlike what someone posted back in March, Samsung is apparently now extending the one-time fix to TVs manufactured after Aug. 2007. My TV was manufactured in January 2008. When I saw that post, I wasn't going to call them, but decided to take a chance. Apparently they have recognized that more units are affected.
I will give update once TV is hopefully repaired for free.
Kurtgun11 wrote:My LNT4066FX/XAA was repaired with RadioShack resistors back in March. I did not use the High Temp 105s because the Shack did not carry them. I also used 10v. So, needless to say, the problem redeveloped. I ordered some 25v, 105* 1000uF, from Mouser. I'll be redoing this repair again. So.... Lesson Learned.....
samsungShaune wrote:people get nervous hearing about high volt resistors and so called tech terms but people take apart the back of your tv and have a look its really not that hard so dont be hesitant if you wish to go at it on your own you will find this problem in particular.suprisingly easy to fix
jake777 wrote:I have a Samsung LNS4051D also and the same problem. I replaced all four capacitors, however this did not solve the problem. I found a cable assembly J632W that has burn marks on it. Also during my attempt to check out capacitors, I accidentally broke the connection between transformer TS801 and capacitor CY804. I would like to replace the cable assy and the transformer and cap. Does anyone know where I can locate these parts? A side question is why is the cap and transformer stuck together with a white glue like substance? That is where I broke the connection. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Jake777
jake777 wrote:Took a picture of the xfrmr and cap, but could not paste it to this msg.
kazelux wrote:I posted a question 20 days ago, now I bring the answer myself.
If your capacitors don't look blown, don't change them! I tried, it did not work out. I will add - if you are not familiar with soldering and de-soldering components on a printed circuit board, do not try this, you will end with a few broken cooper tracks.
If you dont like Samsung, try an independent repair shop. That's what I did, after failing to repair switching capacitors. One should not make experiments with a switched power source. It´s delicate and complicated.
Take care.