Re: samsung 46" LCD Tv loud static noise at start-up

@simonx123, yes a new main board is needed, I replaced my board about 12 months ago and it has been working fine.

Re: samsung 46" LCD Tv loud static noise at start-up

my work around is having issues now. This morning my screen had a thin purple horizontal line at the top when I turned the TV on (left cable box off), tv rebooted itself and came back on with the searching for signal, I waited 5 minutes and then turned the cable box on and it picture was fine.
I'm still waiting for my new caps to be delivered, so hopefully this will solve my problem...

Re: samsung 46" LCD Tv loud static noise at start-up

Thanks for the suggestion dgtech. The static sound is intermittent, the picture quality is always strange with greenish verticals lines that sometimes are flashing. also the TV is not responsive while this is occurring. I did video tape this with my phone but I don't think I can attach a video file. And this always occurs when the TV hasn't been on for awhile. so my new work around is to turn the tv on (leave the cable box off for another 2-3 minutes) then turn the cable box on and no problem exists.

I do have...

Rookie here, I tried using the search function to locate similar problems to my tv and couldn't find any, so I apologize in advance if this topic has been discussed already.

My Samsung LCD TV (model# LN46A540P2F, bought 11/2008) is having problems when turned on after being off for 1hr or longer (problem doesn't happen when the tv is warm or has been on for a while). The TV constantly reboots and the picture has green vertical lines and loud screeching static noise, after 5-6 automatic reboots the picture/audio quality is fine. I have visually checked the capacitors on the psu and...