Re: Samsung ln32a550 - Won't Power On - Red LED Blinking - Power board just replaced

I read elsewhere about disconnecting the cables between the power board and the main board and experimented with that a bit over the weekend. Would you believe that after taking it apart and reassembling it again, it's working like new. I'm not getting my hopes up too far, as it has consistently started failing again after brief periods of working, but it managed to last through the rest of the weekend with moderate use.

At this stage, I'm afraid to even touch it (or perhaps even...

Re: Samsung ln32a550 - Won't Power On - Red LED Blinking - Power board just replaced

Johnboy,

That would be great. I've attached photos of the entire exposed unit and each of the individual components/boards.

Also, an update... After being unplugged for several days, I plugged it in after reassembling it following the photo session and the unit powered on! Samsung chime played and I even got a picture on the screen (no sources were hooked up, so it was just 'static' from tuner). Alas, it was short lived as after about 5-10 seconds, the screen went to...

Re: Samsung ln32a550 - Won't Power On - Red LED Blinking - Power board just replaced

Thanks for the advise, Tom.

Is it possible to repair the main board (similar to replacing caps on power board), or should I simply start looking for a replacement board?

My Samsung ln32a550 worked fine until recently. We were watching a program and the screen suddenly went to a cryptic varying shades of greens in a grid with a bit of a squelching sound. After a few seconds, the unit powered off. Since this happened, we have been unable to get the unit to power back on. Upon plugging the unit in, the blue light on the front of the unit at the base comes on and the small red LED starts slowly blinking. No start up tune. Pressing any button on the remote causes the red LED to remain constant while the button is pushed, but returns to blinking immediately after....