Good afternoon everyone. While away on a business trip my Samsung PN59D6500 decided to die, I took it apart and checked all the boards, and have been unable to find any bad caps or anything else obvious. Here is what I discovered so far:
1) My wife called me when it failed. Basically while it was on it made a loud ferocious fart sound (As she described it) and suddenly turned off.

2) Pressing the power button physically or via the remote does zip, the power led does a quick flash but there is no video and the TV doesn't go through its normal power on sequence.
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New to forum here. Computer engineer looking to "try" and fix my poor Samsung 59 inch plasma. Hoping the best community on the web can give me some hints.