Having problems with samsung 40" LCD tv Model No. LE40R88BD. The TV started coming on with bright green or acid colours, that was resolved after switching off and on again. Eventually the TV started taking longer to come on with the standby light flashing and clicking a while before coming on. Eventually just kept clicking, flashing a few times then switching off, with the main blue power indicator on. After checking out website http://www.earthinfo.org/samsung-tv-makes-a-strange-clicking-sound/ found 3 capacitors CM812, CM817 & CM811 had bulged at the top and a burn mark on the ribbon next to them, so replaced 1000uF 10V with 1000uF 16V purchased from Maplin. Although this appears to rhave resolved the problem for many on the aforementioned website, it has not resolved problem for us. The TV was bought 18 months ago and thought that Samsung would be a very reliable product. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

sunbeam63, August 2009

My picture turned pink on the hdmi input but OK on the free view for a couple of days now no picture just sound

tom tom, January 2012

if your tv is still making the clicking sound and not coming on after replacing capacitors then the eeprom on the main board (other board) may have been corrupted, i had the same problem so replaced the main board, found on ebay, i did not fancy trying to replace eeprom.

lobster, July 2011

i had the exact same problem with my tv and ive had it 2 years engineer came out replaced 2 capasitors and it was fine now 4 weeks later its happened again apparently samsung know about the fault its really common thats why i got it done free of charge also im getting the colours going all wierd when on movie setting im not happy with this tv cost me £799 aswell

tony westmacott, November 2010

same probs tele kept clicking on and of as if it was tripping...put it in to repair shop... this is my engineers repair report: REPLACED COMPONENTS IN POWER SUPPLY REPLACED NVM SET RAN ON TEST....can anyone understand this it cost me £100 bucks.. was I robbed..Mmmm I think so what do you think? said it would prob last forever now.. how comes didn't last forever when bought new?

Ian, September 2010

before you go shorting pins on eeproms I would suggest a proper understanding of how the PSU works and exactly whats wrong with it. If you do more damage by shorting the eeprom then your other halves will not be impressed! I have had a few samsungs on my bench and so far have never had to resort to shorting things out! What we actually need is better support from a company that changes its models like models change their thongs! Perhaps if a Samsung engineer is actually reading this he or she might like to give us a difinitive answer and a source of all those chips and transistors, none of which are available in the UK.

Dave Tutt, June 2010

if it is just the capacitors then take it to a repair shop as remember you can do it your self and save what about £20 quid but the majority of repair stores will give you another 1 year warrenty when they have fixed it

jamie T is hacked off with Samsung, June 2010

tv not working just static. checked wires o.k dtv no signal avalible but it has been working ace untill this afternoon now nothing. what can i do and how much will it cost 2 fix?

PABLO89, May 2010

Have the same problem. It startrd bout two months ago where it would take a while to come on and would click constsntly. Now I get no picture or sound but instead get constsnt clicking.

windbag86, February 2010

for those still having a problem look search for eeprom reset

its on the other board, Im having exactly the same problem am awaiting a friend to fully check the psu board again before i try resetting but so far the psu is functioning normally after caps have been replaced

apparently eeprom becomes corrupt - maybe because of psu problem

Sisniper, January 2010

fed up of this tv do not buy samsung any more absolute crap been on to dixons out of warranty so there trying to wing it but we will see

tenheads, December 2009

Have the exact same problems, first i had the acid picture but it only seemed to do it in 'Movie' mode, dyamic & standard were fine, then i had the clicking noise with no pic or sound.

I am going to replace the capacitors although the only sign of wear i can see is bulging on 3, no leaking.

Ady, November 2009

got the same problems as all above with the clicking and loosing of freeview channels.. gave all up as it started to piss me off.. eventually it started to work but have to wait for bout 3 mins for it to switch on and now i can only watch the tv in black n white.. no colour any help??

dawwg, November 2009

I have the exact same problem as the original poster with my 24month old LE40R88BD! It started with my tv reseting itself while I would be playing the Xbox. Then the 'Composite' channel went all weird acid colours. I removed all the connections and hoovered the vents at the back as they were full of dust. The tv was then ok for a couple of days but then would take ages to come on, it just kept clicking. When it did come on, the freeview would not work as it said no connection (wouldnt see the antenna). The picture also went really dark and the strange thing was, if I turned the backlight down, the picture got brighter!! Anyway, 2 days later, the thing refused to come on all together. Luckily I took out the whatever Happens policy with Currys and it's away getting fixed. I'll let you know how it goes.

Stephen - Lanarkshire, November 2009

I'd the same flashing and clicking problem with this... had all the capacitors on the board replaced, no luck... forked out £80 for a replacement power supply board, and still no luck...

tobyni, October 2009

when connect my laptop it says that there is no signel on the tv ????? please help

phantomratuk, October 2009

tv not switching on standby light just flashes likeits trying but cant any thoughts out there

jimmy glasgow, October 2009

Have no answer mine is also 18 months old started doing this just out of warrenty surprise surprise!!! what do you mean by capacitor not sure what that is mine comes on flashes then makes a crackling sound then i have sound but no picture, i have no freeview and the picture is poor when it does work intermittently. did you resolve your issue?

ihatesamsung, September 2009

I have the same problem with capacitors CM812, CM817 & CM811. HOWEVER CS806 has bulged as well (but no burn mark). Am going to get some capacitors and replace them... will post if it works but maybe you need to replace the extra one for it to work.

Milan, September 2009