clicking on samsung 50" flat screen tv

spaceman5

Hi, my inlaws have a 50" samsung tv, it is about 4 years old now, just recently it has started playing up, when they turn it on, it makes a clicking noise but would still turn on, now nothing happens, the clicking noise is there, but the tv wont turn on, does anybody have any ideas what it could be

TIA

GeoffX

It seems to be a common problem with Samsung TVs:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-led-lcd-tvs/888528-samsung-le40r73bd-making-clicking-noise-wont-power.html

From page 8 ( post 214 ) of that thread:

"Anyway, after reading the latter part of this thread, I phoned Samsung UK this morning. I was armed with my knowledge about capacitors, other examples of failures, "inherent design flaw", "not fit for purpose" and the Sales of Goods Act.

In the end, I didn't need any of it. The conversation went something like this:

Me: My LCD TV has developed a fault. It won't power on. It just keeps turning itself on and off, and clicking.
Samsung: OK, that's a fault we always repair free of charge, the clicking. I'll need to take some more details so we can arrange a repair."