Fixing our Samsung Television Rebooting
A few months ago, our Samsung television decided it was time to stop working. Without warning, the Samsung LCD flatscreen, model LN46A650, began rebooting while starting up. I could tell the television was rebooting because I could hear the startup chime, followed by a clicking sound, then the startup chime would go again. At first the Samsung television rebooted only a few times before turning on, but soon it started taking more than a couple minutes restarting before the TV truly turned on.
We knew our TV was dying. We had to consult The Internet. After a few searches, we discovered fellow Samsung users with TVs exhibiting the same symptoms: a rebooting television that took longer and longer to turn on every time. Based on our searches, we decided the problem was a poorly rated capacitor that had failed. We had several options: beg Samsung (who now accept responsibility for the bad capacitor and offer an extended warranty on that piece) and go without television for a few days, pay a technician a few hundred dollars, or fix it ourselves for $7.
Replace the faulty capacitors
So naturally, we decided to void the warranty, tear the TV apart, and fix it ourselves. We ran to the local Radio Shack, purchased a capacitor for $7 and with our trusty soldering iron and some flux, replaced our blown capacitors following this YouTube video.