Samsung Plasma PN51-D6500 Restarting

[Secondhandcash]

Greeting all! Thankfully I have not needed to post any questions to the forum as reading through the guides have sustained my repairs for about the last year (not many)....until now. This TV was brought to me in the box, all plastic still attached. Customer received this as a gift, and was supposedly new. The TV powers on fine, and plays great for about 1 min and 19 seconds and then restarts. If I try to open the SmartHub the TV will display the starting wheel and then the whole set restarts. All voltages are where they should be including Va, Ve and such. No cold solder joints that I can tell by flexing and heating. Doesn't matter what signal is in I have tried cable, HDMI and USB and it always restarts. I am beginning to think this is a firmware or software issue because of the restart time change when I try to open the Smarthub. I have factory reset through the service menu and tried to update the firmware but there is a more current version on the set versus what is available for download and it says no file available from the USB. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it!

[Nick's Tvs]

Re: Samsung Plasma PN51-D6500 Restarting

Nothing you can do to fix on a component level on this one. Its bad software on one of your chips located on the main board.You have to replace the entire main board in order to get the tv fixed. There have been several threads about this and more than likely your main board will be out of stock. If it is out of stock, there are alternatives you can buy. Please read this thread for more info

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ht=PN51D7000Ff