Re: Samsung LN-S4041D Repaired - Finally

Just a noob here but I have the same TV and from what I've seen on the PCB and compared to the attached picture by rxchng it doesn't look to be cold solder joints to me. I see those as the extra metal of the pins for heat sinks and ground pins sticking through the PCB. I haven't actually removed one of the pins to confirm this but I'm pretty sure because they all seem to look the same. Of course I don't have a lot of experience with what cold solder joints look like so it could be a combination of both. I resoldered mine just in case but...

First time posting here and a relative noob with some experience but not enough (I'm sure you hate hearing that). Briefly to let you know where I'm coming from, I have fixed a Gateway LCD and a Viewsonic LCD which both had bad caps. Mostly only able to fix them from finding what others have posted on the internet.

Anyway, on to the current problem I'm hoping someone can help me with. I have a Maxent MX-26X3, M/N: L2614XW02L. I am not the original owner so don't know anything about its history. It has a main power switch in back and when I flip that on the amber power light on the...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello my name is Darin and I'm a complete noob here but thought I should say "Hi", and give a brief intro.

I have very little electronics experience but interested in learning. I have fixed a couple LCD monitors with bad caps, but only by following what others have done on the internet.

I hope to learn more from the gurus here and maybe be able to fix some more equipment as I always seem to find something to work on.

And thanks for the great forum.