This is a set top ATSC tuner box that will not power on. I did some research on the net and found that a known problem is a bad capacitor issue and some have had success replacing. Upon further inspection my particular unit seems to have more that just a bad cap but wanted to check with you guys first before I trash the thing. Upon opening the box I observed; burn marks on the board, yellow goo on caps and other components, black goo on caps and other components. Pics are attached. Please advise if this looks fixable by replacing caps and other components. Thanks.

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Re: Samsung DTB-H260F HDTV Tuner



Well, just finished replacing all caps and it looks like another success story. Unit powered up and produced a picture. The whole thing cost me about $12 bucks or so from digi-key. And a HUGE thanks to the person that posted the Digi-key part numbers earlier in the thread!!!!

And to all those who posted pictures of the finished project, thanks!!...

Re: Samsung DTB-H260F HDTV Tuner

Hi guys. I have the same unit, and what appears to be the same issue. I'm going to give this fix a shot but I have a question. I cracked open the unit and none of the caps appear to be bulging, at least to the naked eye. Would I definitely be able to notice bulging?

I'm a noob so bear with me. Thanks.

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My name is Terry Martin and I am an IT project manager, mostly storage array installs at data centers. I graduated with a business (marketing) degree from the University of Oklahoma but started doing desktop support in 1995 for a small delivery company where I was working at the time as an assistant operations manager. It was out of necessity because the regular support guy walked out the door one day and our pagers were down. I decided I liked computers, went on to be a COBOL programmer for 5 years, then moved into...