Samsung - Capacitor Replacement?

[46Tbird]

My 50" Samsung plasma is a dinosaur, a 2007 unit. It's been perfectly fine until last week, when it got the click of death and won't power on. It seems that 99% of the time this is a failure of an undersize capacitor on the board. It seems to be a widely known issue, and Samsung issued a warranty for a bunch of TVs including this one.

However, the recall ended last September, and now they will only cover the cost of parts and not the labor for replacement. That's pretty damned annoying.

They will send a tech out but it will be $168 to have them repair it. I just wanted to check here first to see if anyone is willing/able to do the repair for less.

Much appreciated.

[ELVIS]

I had one done Danny. The dude was at the house for like 10 mins. Took the back off the tv swapped a cap and was in the wind. Maybe DIY??

I had a thread somewhere.

God bless.

[46Tbird]

Yeah, the DIY steps involve soldering on the mother board which I'm not comfortable doing. If no one offers, I might nut up and try it myself.

[lowthreeohz]

if it's a thru-hole style cap it should be easy as sin to replace. I haven't done much surface mount soldering, but if i can do it so can you.

[Sleeper]

Stupid easy. I cant solder for shit but a dude sells kits on ebay to replace them mine came with 8 new capacitors some solder and a copper thing to suck up the old solder. It was 13 bucks shipped. Just goto ebay and type in your model#

5 min and done.

[inline 6]

I am a wizard with an iron. Take some pics of the culprit and let me know if you are scared.

[Unicorn Jeff]

I am a wizard with an iron. Take some pics of the culprit and let me know if you are scared.

h3 sc4rd

[2165 Turbo Rail]

Samsung - Capacitor Replacement?

There was a lawsuit. Check it out because they came and fixed mine for free

[DieselSmoke]

There was a lawsuit against Samsung a couple years ago because of faulty capacitors. A lot of info and youtube videos on how to do it, super easy. I replace them on my 55" Samsung lcd a couple years ago. Capacitors are cheap, .30 cents a piece.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400675,00.asp

[Ratt]

There was a lawsuit against Samsung a couple years ago because of faulty capacitors. A lot of info and youtube videos on how to do it, super easy. I replace them on my 55" Samsung lcd a couple years ago. Capacitors are cheap, .30 cents a piece.

Wow .3 cents a piece? That's like, over 300 capacitors for one dollar!

[46Tbird]

There was a lawsuit. Check it out because they came and fixed mine for free

There was a lawsuit against Samsung a couple years ago because of faulty capacitors.

Right... I mentioned that. They are no longer replacing the capacitors for free; instead they are now only covering the cost of parts. Labor charges are to be picked up by the consumer. Total BS.

Okay guys, the cheapass in me is coming out. I bought the ebay kit. Wish me luck.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130866852667

[Brandon-k]

Wish I had seen this earlier. Fry's has the caps for $1.99/piece. I got a "broker" 52" Samsung LCD from a client that was having the same issue. Had 2 bulging capacitors. They are stupid easy to replace. . a 52" LCD for $4.00.

[HarrisonTX]

What part of town are you in? I might could replace it if you can point out the bad cap.
I rebuilt the board in that old asteroids machine i posted about. As long as its a through hole style its pretty easy.

[ELVIS]

What part of town are you in? I might could replace it if you can point out the bad cap.
I rebuilt the board in that old asteroids machine i posted about. As long as its a through hole style its pretty easy.

not sure about the tv, but I'm most def. "through the hole style"

god bless.