Hey everyone...don't know if this is the best place for this, but I feel like someone here must know something more detailed than the same shit I'm finding basically anywhere on the internet with any search.
Basically, short version, 2 nights ago my 52" Samsung LCD TV goes out during a thunderstorm. Comcast box too. The two are not on the same power outlet or power strip. Nothing else in either outlet or on either power strip is affected. Computer stays on, Comcast modem stays on and connected, 360 stays on and connected, all lamps stay on.
Now, the TV won't turn on. It's receiving power to my knowledge, as the red light is on. It will even flash occasionally, and when I hold down the power button on the remote, the light will even flash as if it is receiving a signal. No power. Now, I know that Samsung is notorious for blown capacitor's (I got this TV for super cheap so I took this risk going in), and I've actually seen the capacitor's being replaced and am confident that even with my limited soldering experience that I could pull it off. So with some help I remove the back of it to look at its insides. I check every capacitor. None seem to have blown. All are perfectly flat and none appear to have leaked anything, both the signs I'd heard about blown capacitors.
The warranty is past date so that isn't an option. I have renter's insurance but I have a $500 deductible and I paid $300 for the TV so I'm not going that route either. I called Samsung because I knew that for some models they were replacing capacitors for free. Not mine (naturally).
Basically, I have a couple of questions: 1) can a capacitor be shot without any visible signs? 2) if yes, should I go ahead and replace all of the capacitors since I can't tell if any in particular are bad, and just see what happens? 3) would there be visible evidence inside the TV if it were actually fried due to a bolt of lighting or a power surge? and finally 4) if anyone has had experience with issues of this nature and you paid for service, any estimates on the cost ballpark?
Thanks for wading through the wall of text. I exhausted my internet searches and kept getting the same shit from Yahoo answers and what not and got sick of trying. Any help anyone can give me or any advice (other than time to get a new TV) would be appreciated.
Basically, short version, 2 nights ago my 52" Samsung LCD TV goes out during a thunderstorm. Comcast box too. The two are not on the same power outlet or power strip. Nothing else in either outlet or on either power strip is affected. Computer stays on, Comcast modem stays on and connected, 360 stays on and connected, all lamps stay on.
Now, the TV won't turn on. It's receiving power to my knowledge, as the red light is on. It will even flash occasionally, and when I hold down the power button on the remote, the light will even flash as if it is receiving a signal. No power. Now, I know that Samsung is notorious for blown capacitor's (I got this TV for super cheap so I took this risk going in), and I've actually seen the capacitor's being replaced and am confident that even with my limited soldering experience that I could pull it off. So with some help I remove the back of it to look at its insides. I check every capacitor. None seem to have blown. All are perfectly flat and none appear to have leaked anything, both the signs I'd heard about blown capacitors.
The warranty is past date so that isn't an option. I have renter's insurance but I have a $500 deductible and I paid $300 for the TV so I'm not going that route either. I called Samsung because I knew that for some models they were replacing capacitors for free. Not mine (naturally).
Basically, I have a couple of questions: 1) can a capacitor be shot without any visible signs? 2) if yes, should I go ahead and replace all of the capacitors since I can't tell if any in particular are bad, and just see what happens? 3) would there be visible evidence inside the TV if it were actually fried due to a bolt of lighting or a power surge? and finally 4) if anyone has had experience with issues of this nature and you paid for service, any estimates on the cost ballpark?
Thanks for wading through the wall of text. I exhausted my internet searches and kept getting the same shit from Yahoo answers and what not and got sick of trying. Any help anyone can give me or any advice (other than time to get a new TV) would be appreciated.