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I have an out of warranty Samsung 40" LCD TV (LE40R87BD) which has been suffering a worsening...
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I have an out of warranty Samsung 40" LCD TV (LE40R87BD) which has been suffering a worsening problem where it does not turn on immediately. At the same time we also started getting problems with the picture colour and brightness when the tv eventually turned on. Finally, after a wait of 45 minutes the the tv started up but with no colour. A bit of web research suggested that the problem may be with 4 1000uF 10V capacitors on the power board so I took a look under the hood, saw the bad caps and replaced then with higher voltage caps from maplins(1000uF 25V) that others have used successfully. On powering up, the TV started first time (hooray!) but sadly still did not have any colour. I'd like to know how I might troubleshoot the no color problem. I have tried a factory reset as recommended by broadbents1. I have noticed that when I switch from dynamic to movie mode the screen garbles but does have color.
I have an out of warranty Samsung 40" LCD TV (LE40R87BD) which has been suffering a worsening...
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I have an out of warranty Samsung 40" LCD TV (LE40R87BD) which has been suffering a worsening problem where it does not turn on immediately. At the same time we also started getting problems with the picture colour and brightness when the tv eventually turned on. Finally, after a wait of 45 minutes the the tv started up but with no colour. A bit of web research suggested that the problem may be with 4 1000uF 10V capacitors on the power board so I took a look under the hood, saw the bad caps and replaced then with higher voltage caps from maplins(1000uF 25V) that others have used successfully. On powering up, the TV started first time (hooray!) but sadly still did not have any colour. I'd like to know how I might troubleshoot the no color problem