Samsung LN-T3242HX/XAA - Intermittent white screen following T-con board replacement

[Scott Burian]

Howdy folks,

Here's my story:
Visiting in-laws when MIL says her TV looks "funny".

After consulting the great Google, I determined that the picture was solarized and the potential fix was the replacement of the T-con board.

Being the good SIL, I offered to get a new board and try and save them some money.

Checked with Shop Jimmy, they did not have new replacement T-con boards but did offer a repair service for the board that I needed. Sent in board for repair.

Received "repaired" board, reinstalled, and low and behold, no solarization and the picture looked great! As I am jumping for joy, the entire screen goes white for about a second, then back to the picture (which still looks great). The picture remains for about 3-5 seconds and then the screen goes back to white for about a second, then back to picture, and repeat endlessly.

Any thoughts as to what could be the problem? Should I try to find a new T-con board? I would hate to pitch the TV as it still has a great picture, but I feel that I am starting to get out of my league.

Thanks for all your help.

[freakaftr8]

Re: Samsung LN-T3242HX/XAA - Intermittent white screen following T-con board replacem

This sounds like someone replaced the as15 gamma IC and pins are touching. have you tried to reseat all the ribbon cables and the LVDS cable just to make sure that there's no bad connection?

if so yes I would return the t-con board and try to find another one.

but first verify if you replace your original t-con board back in the TV that the picture doesn't white out every 3 to 5 seconds.

[Scott Burian]

Re: Samsung LN-T3242HX/XAA - Intermittent white screen following T-con board replacem

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I did try resetting the cables (one from main board and two to the screen). No change in the screen behavior. As for the board, I don't have the original as I sent that to ShopJimmy for the repair. As far as I know, the board I received was the original board, with whatever repair that was performed. I went with the repair option as the board that I needed was out of stock at Shop Jimmy.

[budm]

Re: Samsung LN-T3242HX/XAA - Intermittent white screen following T-con board replacem

I would contact SJ to see what they have to say about this problem on this repaired board.