I've been doing some reading all over the place and just wanted to make sure I'm not getting in over my head before I attempt this. I'm generally very handy and I'm not too intimidated thus far so I'm gonna give this a try....
I have a Samsung 40" LCD HDTV that sounds as if it is demonstrating the symptoms of the plague (prolonged startup, clicking, pink pxels on screen). I plan on contacting Samsung tomorrow to see if I can convince them to do an out-of-warrantee repair at no cost as it seems that some people have had success doing...but I want to have a backup plan in place and personally relish the idea of trying to fix this on my own if I have nothing to lose
So if I understand this correctly, I need to open up the back panel of the TV and inspect the capacitors on the power supply. I believe that I'm probably going to simply replace any and all capacitors I find regardless of their appearance just to be safe. i plan on taking out the caps and taking them to a local store or purchasing suitable replacements online.
When I get replacements, should I use caps rated for a higher voltage? It seems to me that the reason that most of these failed was because of poor manufacture quality of the component itself, and not actually in the way the component was used.
Please note, I have never soldered anything in my life, but this sounds like fun and if I have nothing to lose, I want to try it. I may even learn something in the process
Materials needed:
Soldering iron
Solder (appropriate type)
Desoldering wick
Caps
Anything I'm forgetting?
Thanks!
I have a Samsung 40" LCD HDTV that sounds as if it is demonstrating the symptoms of the plague (prolonged startup, clicking, pink pxels on screen). I plan on contacting Samsung tomorrow to see if I can convince them to do an out-of-warrantee repair at no cost as it seems that some people have had success doing...but I want to have a backup plan in place and personally relish the idea of trying to fix this on my own if I have nothing to lose
So if I understand this correctly, I need to open up the back panel of the TV and inspect the capacitors on the power supply. I believe that I'm probably going to simply replace any and all capacitors I find regardless of their appearance just to be safe. i plan on taking out the caps and taking them to a local store or purchasing suitable replacements online.
When I get replacements, should I use caps rated for a higher voltage? It seems to me that the reason that most of these failed was because of poor manufacture quality of the component itself, and not actually in the way the component was used.
Please note, I have never soldered anything in my life, but this sounds like fun and if I have nothing to lose, I want to try it. I may even learn something in the process
Materials needed:
Soldering iron
Solder (appropriate type)
Desoldering wick
Caps
Anything I'm forgetting?
Thanks!
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