Re: Samsung UA40D6000 UNIQUE back light issue!

I may be jumping the gun but I put an offer in for this board from a guy on ebay and I got it for $25 shipped. All other sellers want atleast $90+ shipped. Hopefully this will correct it!

Re: Samsung UA40D6000 UNIQUE back light issue!

Im thinking heat is whats causing the connection issues. In my first post I mentioned the TV works WAY better during the cold months of the year and barely goes out. Now that its hot out the backlight is out the majority of the time.

Re: Samsung UA40D6000 UNIQUE back light issue!

I was unsuccessful but I'm about %99 sure that the problem is somewhere on this board because I ran the tv with the back cover off and when tapping on this board(with a non-conductive object of course) the backlight would try to come back on. I couldn't pin point it to a certain component though.

I did touch up a few solder connections that around the transformer that looked a little iffy but this didnt help at all.

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Re: Samsung UA40D6000 UNIQUE back light issue!

I do not have any pictures at the moment but plan on taking a look at it this evening when I get back from work. Ill post up some pictures if I can't get it.

Good afternoon everyone. A buddy gave me a Samsung 40" LED (UA40D6000) tv a couple years ago because the back light intermittently goes out on it and he was sick of dealing with it so he bought a new tv. I use it as my garage TV but I seem to spend more and more time in there so I think its about time I try to fix it.

The Unique thing-The backlight doesn't go completely dark, it just gets really dim. Ive tried searching this for quite some time on the internet and it seems when the backight goes out on Samsungs they get almost completely dark. When I have the lights off in the...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello everyone! Im a new member from Minnesota!