3 year old LG plasma, multiple goes at turning on

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Hi all,

I have a just under 3 year old LG Plasma that has started to act up when turning it on. It takes 3 or so goes to turn on, just starting a week ago. 2nd go I usually get a picture, and 3 go it stays on. Once on, it is happy and doesn't act up, but is getting worse at start up.

Is their any thing I can do, or check? I guess one of the boards is playing up?

Cheers.

[bristolracer]

Power supply failure. (psu)
It may get worse, probably time to get a quote for repair.

[Hoover.]

hmmm look at how much they have down in price, and how the pictire has advanced...... a fix may be false economy whilst say getting an end of line at a bargin

[MiniMan64]

Had exactly the same thing with a 2 year old LG LCD last month, was quoted £100-150 for repair so went out and bought a £350 Plasma instead and the LG can remain a slow-to-turn-on sparey until I have a crack at fixing it!

[BenM77]

MiniMan64 said:

Had exactly the same thing with a 2 year old LG LCD last month, was quoted £100-150 for repair so went out and bought a £350 Plasma instead and the LG can remain a slow-to-turn-on sparey until I have a crack at fixing it!

I had similar on my 50" Samsung, it is a very easy self repair if you are not scared to use a soldering iron.

Google bulging capacitors.

[MiniMan64]

BenM77 said:

MiniMan64 said:

Had exactly the same thing with a 2 year old LG LCD last month, was quoted £100-150 for repair so went out and bought a £350 Plasma instead and the LG can remain a slow-to-turn-on sparey until I have a crack at fixing it!

I had similar on my 50" Samsung, it is a very easy self repair if you are not scared to use a soldering iron.

Google bulging capacitors.

Yes I've seen a few people mention this and while I'm no expert, I have been known to have a go at electrics and even fire up a soldering iron so I might have a go at some point.

I mean in the words of Top Gear....how hard can it be?

[BenM77]

MiniMan64 said:

BenM77 said:

MiniMan64 said:

Had exactly the same thing with a 2 year old LG LCD last month, was quoted £100-150 for repair so went out and bought a £350 Plasma instead and the LG can remain a slow-to-turn-on sparey until I have a crack at fixing it!

I had similar on my 50" Samsung, it is a very easy self repair if you are not scared to use a soldering iron.

Google bulging capacitors.

Yes I've seen a few people mention this and while I'm no expert, I have been known to have a go at electrics and even fire up a soldering iron so I might have a go at some point.

I mean in the words of Top Gear....how hard can it be?

ouch!

i would say the tv in the pic is beyond economical repair

If you do have a go yourself, capacitors do have a pos and neg.

Apologies if i am pointing out the obvious but it could catch someone out

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

It'll almost certainly be a capacitor that has 'gone dry' in the PSU. Easy and cheap to repair, but be careful because switch mode power supplies contains some very high voltages.

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Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

It'll almost certainly be a capacitor that has 'gone dry' in the PSU. Easy and cheap to repair, but be careful because switch mode power supplies contains some very high voltages.

Right, TV is getting worse, taking longer to fire up, but now I have time on my hands to sort it out. Any tips or guides how to do this?

Or a good supplier of a replacement PSU for me to fit? It is a 32PG6000

[Gazzab]

I have a 32 inch LG plasma that occasionally goes black screen. Turn it on and off a few times and it's ok. Tbh it's done it occasionally since new but 3 years later and it's slightly worse. Sounds similiar issue...?!

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Gazzab said:

I have a 32 inch LG plasma that occasionally goes black screen. Turn it on and off a few times and it's ok. Tbh it's done it occasionally since new but 3 years later and it's slightly worse. Sounds similiar issue...?!

Yes, that like the kind of issues the TV's are having.


I guess this is the fix it kit/instructions people are talking of?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LG-32PG6000-EAY42539401-...

[Gazzab]

Not sure....mine doesn't go to standby it just goes to a black screen but you can still for example display the graphics for selecting inputs. It's almost like it loses connection to the input on hdmi. I have swapped inputs around etc yet still does it. So seems to be tv and not a DVD etc

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BenM77 said:

I had similar on my 50" Samsung, it is a very easy self repair if you are not scared to use a soldering iron.

Google bulging capacitors.

Yup, spot on. Gave money to someone on fleabay who sent me the replacement capacitors and instructions. 2 out the 3 capacitors had bulged. I know if I bought the capacitors from a supplier would have cost me not much, but I had the TV fixed within an hour, so it was worth it IMHO.

[ferrisbueller]

My PG6000 has just started doing this. Can't find any repair kits on line or any references. Can anyone help please?