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irritatedTopic: Rants and Raves
If you are Dave, keep reading, if you aren't then come back next week. I'll be gone for a while. Anywho:
So I did come digging around. It seems that this is a problem with some Samsung TVs and the company knows about it. There is a problem with some blown capacitors on the power supply board. These capacitors are supposed to be easy to replace at home, or you can take it in for a servicing. Some people report that it's covered by the warranty, some are saying that it isn't. The Samsung tech rep on C-Net says the company is aware of the problem. We'll need to first contact Samsung, then Best Buy, then back and forth a few times. If they try to charge us 500$$ for a new board it might be better to replace just the blown caps. I'll ask Steve on the weekend. There's a kit sold at US radio shacks and several forums have the parts list. But we should try Samsung and Best Buy first to see if they can help.
I have a folder in my bookmarks with links to places that talk about this issue with Samsungs. There's a lot of info out there. It sound like this is embarrassing for Samsung. If we want to tackle this before we leave we can, but I've got enough on my plate today and tomorrow as it is. Mayhaps when we get back it would be better?
See ya later Dave!
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