Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This TV, like many other Samsungs, suffered from the Click of Death.
(This was the state of the capacitors.. imgur.com/gwOah )
The capacitors were replaced, but now for the first 5-10 minutes of power on, it gets strange flickering / glitching..
Any thoughts?
Update: It has always come good once its heated up.. so I thought it may have been a ribbon cable or joint coming 'good' once heated up.
So I played around with the tv with its back off and worked out by gently twisting the tv I could remove the flickering issue.
I removed the shielding tape from the cover of the panel ribbon cables which enabled the cables to 'fall' into position rather than being stuck.. so far this appears to have fixed it... time will tell though.
This TV, like many other Samsungs, suffered from the Click of Death.
(This was the state of the capacitors.. imgur.com/gwOah )
The capacitors were replaced, but now for the first 5-10 minutes of power on, it gets strange flickering / glitching..
Any thoughts?
Update: It has always come good once its heated up.. so I thought it may have been a ribbon cable or joint coming 'good' once heated up.
So I played around with the tv with its back off and worked out by gently twisting the tv I could remove the flickering issue.
I removed the shielding tape from the cover of the panel ribbon cables which enabled the cables to 'fall' into position rather than being stuck.. so far this appears to have fixed it... time will tell though.
