Samsung Samsung Flatscreen Television Will Not Turn On , Internet

Well, the service technician came to my house.  I have to say, he was very professional and quick.  However, it is not the capacitor...or any capacitor for that matter.  He even went as far as to replace all the capacitors.  Unfortunately, the TV still won't work.  Now, he says it MIGHT be the main board.  Of which, would cost me $400 plus not including tax and labor.  So, I just paid him $100 for a trip fee (if it wasn't a capacitor problem, I would have to pay a trip fee) and I'm not going with the repairs.  With labor, the trip fee and the repairs itself for something that may or may not be the problem, I could buy a new TV.  I'll tell you this, I will NEVER buy a Samsung product again.  I'm going the cheap route this time.  I can find a 46' TV for a few hundred.  Being everything is made to be thrown away.  But, Samsung will never see another dollar of my hard earned money.

  As of now, they might or they might not.   I ran across a few posts from people who had problems with the replacement power supplies.

  Samsung only this year requested that failed units be returned for analysis, so it's possible they have put improved components into the parts pipeline.  I also found that they recently started offering free repairs to units that are out of warranty, but have capacitor issues.  They would not disclose what model/year TVs are eligible for the freebie repair.  You have to call them and hope for the best.

   I came very close to buying a new Samsung TV several months ago, but after doing a bit of research I found out about the defective capacitor problem.  Dodged a bullet.

   It is certainly Samsung's option to tell those that are out of warranty to go fly a kite (which is what they've done in the past), but a quality control problem of this magnitude reflects very poorly on the company.  This problem has been going on for 4 years (over several model lines) and only recently has the company shown any interest in the issue.

   To the OP : If Samsung simply replaces the power supply board with another, the problem will come back in a year or so.   There are several sites on the 'net explaining how to replace the capacitors with reliable ones.  If this is beyond your technical expertise, it might be worth paying a reputable TV shop to make the fix.   From what I hear, once the bad caps are replaced, the TVs work great.

I have a large Samsung monitor hat is flickering badly and slow to stop flickering and finally turn on.

I did some research, I found that the capacitors are faulty, further they are faulty from Industrial espionage, the formula for the internal electrolyte was stolen and later found to be Incomplete, this makes the capacitors explode. (There's a pressure relief split end so they Vomit electrolyte instead of going BOOM, same thing)

Problem is that while Samsung knows it, they will NOT fix it, your serviceman will tell you "Yup it's bad, too bad, get another" it's supposed to be a simple fix, costing about ten bucks worth of new Different capacitors and some soldering, but it's too expensive for Samsung to fix ALL of the TVs, Monitors (Etc) so they don't.

I sincerely hope this time Samsung will finally fix their problem, But since the "Motherboards" with the Faulty capacitors was a subcontracted job, they don't feel it's their fault.

Problem lies in the original soldering method, the entire Motherboard was put in an oven to melt and solder ALL connections at one shot.

This overheated the capacitors and accelerated their failure.

I found an online site describing the problem and the repair, unfortunately ROR removes ALL URL's, so for details you'll need to google Samsung failure, and see the pictures and blown capacitors yourself.

And NO KARL CRAP HERE.

My point is that it shouldn't have broke in the first place.  I know things break, I'm certainly not oblivious to that.  And yes, they are sending someone out to potentially repair it.  However, after a year this thing blows?  And look on line, this is a common occurence with this brand of LCD television.  If it was 1 or 2 complaints, I'd have nothing to say.  But THOUSANDS of people...that's a different story.

And I didn't miss Jersey Shore...missed Glee...genius.

This entire complaint is total garbage. They did everything right and are fixing your TV for free. Why would they issue a recall if there was no safety concern here? How exactly is your TV a fire hazard? Just unplug it from the wall until they come and fix it. I seriously doubt the thing is just going to spontaneously combust. Seems like you just want a handout because you had to miss an episode or two of Jersey Shore... get over yourself, things break!

I paid for a TV that broke immediately after the warranty expired.  Maybe I want an expensive piece of equipment to WORK.  Heaven forbid.  What more do I want?  I want something I bought to work!  I don't want to wait a week for someone to come out and fix a capacitor that wasn't obviously at factory specs.

Your TV broke and they are coming to fix it. What would satisfy you? A free hotel in Florida with the same TV?

Really, what more can they do?

"It's obvious they don't stand behind their products"