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I hope this counts as science, if not please move appropriately.

We have a Samsung 42" Plasma that has packed it in. After being in and out of the repair shop for an issue with the tuner (which I don't think was really a repair issue, I think Samsung tuners just suck) one day the screen just packed it in. Still have sound, but no picture at all. Since it was still under warranty we got a credit and bought a different TV... but because someone couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery, we were left with the bombed TV as well.

So, I was wondering if anyone knows of any simple issues with Plasma TVs that I could fix myself, or even have a repair person fix for me if I pointed out the problem? Since we're not really supposed to have the TV and the serial number is logged with the registered repair company, I was hoping to not have to take it anywhere to get it looked at unless it was something simple and cheap. I have already had the back off and I checked the fuses (well, the ones that came out, anyway) but they were fine. Does anyone know of anything else I can check?

Otherwise, I'm resorting to this.

This is better-suited to Off-Topic - it's not a scientific question per se, and it will probably get more traffic.

Other thing looking for losing wiring you can’t do much. The problem is very likely computer related and no one but an experienced repair center is going to be able to do anything about that, unless you know a TV repair guy who does freelance work. Most TVs now have onboard diagnostic systems which cannot be accessed without a specialist tool.

Please recycle the thing instead of smashing it and throwing it in the trash. We are fucking murdering the earth bad enough without people throwing precious and toxic metals into the trash by the tens of pounds, the production of which required strip mining whole mountains.

If you're getting sound but no display, it's probably the screen or mainboard/X Sustain/Y Sustain boards.

Which means basically you won't be repairing it, because getting the parts to do so will be so expensive you might as well just get another one, it would be cheaper.

Right, so no hope then. In that case, does anyone know anywhere in Perth that recycles these? Or should I just call Samsung and tell them to pick the fucking thing up?

Shame... smashing it to bits would be fun.

Twoyboy wrote:Right, so no hope then. In that case, does anyone know anywhere in Perth that recycles these? Or should I just call Samsung and tell them to pick the fucking thing up?

Shame... smashing it to bits would be fun.

Your municipal government should have a hotline for these sorts of general enquiries. Try the phone book?