Samsung PN63B550 Plasma TV Black Horizontal Lines in Picture Repair

[@ssks1979]

Thanks for the heads-up with plasma TVs. I have a Panasonic which on rare occasions turns on overly bright, super saturated with no contrast. One power cycle clears the problem for months at a time but if it gets worse, I'll look for the simple mechanical problems you pointed out.

[@Ronnie01964]

And suddenly that voice: "And No, that dust doesn't hurt anything and no, i'm not gonna clean it." Hilarious :-)

[@12voltvids]

And the snowflakes will complain about the dust I am sure as snowflakes complain and whine about everything.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

@@12voltvids Goes to show you can't please everyone; there will always be one whiny snowflake looking to spoil the fun.

[@paymydues]

Shame on you :)Also may be a good idea to check those loose items anytime you come across any of these TV's To be sure.

[@12voltvids]

@@paymydues Loose ground screws cause many problems some that end with a bang.

[@garp32]

Nice easy simple fix! On a side note,I'd leave the dust too. Hey, after 10 years.. it adds character and patina.. lol

[@chateuaxfaygeaux]

I have a 55" Samsung TV, built sometime in 2009, very similar to this, and a dead horizontal line just started to appear toward the middle of the screen. It was an interesting coincidence that your video appeared on my feed shortly after the problem appeared. Backstory on this TV: I picked it up by the side of the road a few years ago, and a cold joint on the power supply causing intermittent shutdowns was all that was wrong with it. It's hilarious to think that yet again I'll be able to keep it running with a no-money fix.

[@12voltvids]

If you get to problems when they are small rather than wait till they blow up, plasma sets are the most reliable flat screens made. They do however due to the high voltage and current power supplies blow up good if minor problems are not taken care of before they manifest into a bigger problem. Loose ground and ribbon connectors are the most common fault on these sets.

[@dlloyda]

Awesome video. this is also my favorite TV and don’t want to buy a new one. currently my line is one small one but going to try this when i get the courage to unmount it off the wall. it’s heavy for sure.

[@seantweedie9268]

Great, glad to know that my panasonic set could have this problem in the future. Now I know a probable cause if it ever occur.

[@animalcorvair]

mine had a vert bar ..had to clean the ribbon with an ink eraser works now...

[@videofan006]

Fantastic video tutorial, to the point, and very informative. Now I go to fix the first single horizontal line on my 55" plasma Samsung. Thanks!

[@bones007able]

My Zenith branded LG plasma is well over 10 years old , still going strong, only thing I just noticed is after it is on for a few minutes the picture brightness jumps up brighter like control is dirty ?

[@CMskittles]

Ridiculous that your video got flagged for a few seconds of a random hockey game. Must be annoying to deal with bullshit like that all the time on KZbin nowadays. I hope you make more CRT videos eventually, I love watching you work on those.

[@12voltvids]

Yes more crt videos coming. As it warms up I will be spending more time in the shop mid week on my days off. I work exclusively weekends now and dont do much repair work on my work days as I work 10+ hours shifts so when I get home I am done for the day.

[@matthewreynolds7916]

Thanks for the vid, this helped fix mine! After a repair to the Y-main, I had lines. Most of the grounding screws were loose and I cleaned and reconnected the ribbon cables, back to normal! Thanks!

[@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez]

Is this TV still running? This was one of your best videos that continues to help people today.

[@12voltvids]

Watching it right now.

[@SeanBZA]

Just scrapped a LG, looked nearly identical. Was in perfect working condition, except that every input did not have any response, because it got hit by lightning. Powered up nicely, and ant input gave no signal, and, because it is not HD, just HD ready, it was turned into a few piles of scrap metal and glass. Yes they are bloody heavy, and power hogs as well.

[@12voltvids]

Lightning is nasty.

[@angelodagnolo984]

I still have my Panasonic 50" plasma it's 14 years old and funny enough today was the first time I saw a virtual black line on left of screen tapped the back and all is good again. I'll do what you did thanks

[@12voltvids]

Tighten the ground screws. Very important.

[@NyancyCat]

Would you recommend doing this at home to someone who's never opened up a TV before but is reasonably familiar with PC innards? I've noticed a few thin black lines on my Samsung plasma that I hardly use, I suspect it might be from shimmying it around.

[@12voltvids]

If they are horizontal like this then it is likely the same fault. If the lines are vertical then it is likely the panel.

[@NyancyCat]

@@12voltvids I finally got around to trying this out, and unfortunately no dice! Still got the black bars, sadly. They're spread out up and down the screen, with one thivk one about a quarter down.

[@GaRbAllZ]

Is the plasma still superior to LCD tv's @12voltvids?

[@12voltvids]

Yes

[@nmraidernation.6092]

Curious as I have a Samsung 75" that has faint vertical black lines that are visible now, it started with about 3" and now is more then half way up, so when disconnecting the ribbons, do they just pull up or is there some clip to undo first, thanks!!

[@12voltvids]

75" would be LCD not plasma. On LCD there are only 2 tabs that connect the tcon board to the panel but not likely that causing the issue. It is usually the LCD panel itself that is failing.

[@_johnwall]

I have a pn51d430 51 inch Samsung plasma that over the last week has been getting a box of vertical lines in the right side of the tv, started with just one or two lines now it’s a whole box isolated. What should I check for connections on the back or is the panel done for?

[@12voltvids]

Veryical lines is generally the panel. Horizontal the buffer boards.

[@thomasraden]

mine was making a buzz sound when white pictures came on. i did go over the screws with loctite 243, problem solved.

[@williamchow1624]

Loctite acts as an insulator. You might want to remove that.

[@12voltvids]

Many plasma did make a buzzing sound with white screens came on if you were at high altitude. Denver for example. Plasma tv were not happy at that altitude. I am at sea level, hell the ocean is only 100m from my front door. No problem with atmospheric pressure here.

[@beech200b5]

I have the same Samsung PN63 B550 Plasma TV as yours and it just went out a couple days ago. My wife said she was watching it and the picture just went off. I have repaired a lot TVs over the years but this is the first Plasma unit i have got into. The red light comes on and i can hear the relays clicking but no sound or picture. I am like you i don't want have to get one of those LCD sets because the pictures just can't compare. Could you tell me the best place where i could get the service manual or the schematic. Is Sams photo faxs still around? In joy watching you and the cats, mine always did the same. Keep up the good work and save those good old sets.

[@brandondpersonal2988]

After your fix, I still see shaded lines across the screen. Is that burn in or something else.

[@SalMinella]

Hey I tried your steps and now I don’t have the black line I have no picture at all? Any idea what I did wrong/how to fix? I won’t hold you responsible I found the TV in the trash. It’s a Samsung Plasma. Thanks.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Light dust is no problem. But I would think packed dust on the heatsinks would limit heat dissipation. Right? Good fix!

[@12voltvids]

Did you see any on the heat syncs. No. Smoker sets are problematic. Smoke sticks to parts and acts like an insulator just like it does to your lungs and causes copd. Copd = early death.

[@moe6]

Have a one thin horizontal line that's irritating on a 43" plasma 3d samsung tv, never punched or did anything and it still the same, do you recommend this method?

[@ThomasCanero]

Thank you for posting. My Samsung just developed this issue.

[@12voltvids]

Mine still going strong. Took 3 of us to lift the bloody thing onto the mount.

[@mryamaha100]

thanks I have a plasma 50 inch Panasonic took two of us to get up on the wall 10 years ago you must have got help getting yours down

[@12voltvids]

I do have 2 kids, both in their 20s so removing and reinstalling not a problem. Daughter helped me get it off the wall and both helped to lift it. Had to wake the boy up because he had the hight to lift it. Just a little too high for my daughter. She is only 5'6 so my son made an appearance and actually helped for a change. But yes it was heavy. I can feel it in my arms today. It is a beast.

[@srah6097]

Good job! I have the same tv with a clicking noise. I check the caps on the power supply and found 4 that are 50 to 150 less in uf compared to their ratings. Anything else I should check? Thank you!

[@jamescorvett]

Ive wondered is it the screws coming lose, or does the board thickness shrink over time from heating and cooling.

[@12voltvids]

Expanding and contracting or dissimilar metals causes the screws to Work themselves Ioose over time, In my case it took 10 years before it failed.

[@CMskittles]

Hi Dave, I have a Pioneer plasma TV that started developing vertical lines on the screen. They are only on the lower half, 1px wide each, spread out halfway across the width of the screen. Four of the lines appear red (most apparent on green colors), and one of the lines is green (most apparent on red colors). They've been showing up one by one over the past few days. I saw you mention in a few other comments that vertical lines are usually a symptom of panel failure, more specifically address drive ICs going bad, but I'm not so sure about that, since the lines are so spread out. Wouldn't a failing driver IC only cause vertical lines in one fairly localized section of width of the screen? These ones are spread out basically halfway across the TV.

[@12voltvids]

The drive ic that trigger the discharge on the vertical plane are part of the panel. You can have a single transistor go bad which results is a single red green blue or black line or the entire ic can fail and then you have about 1" wide bar. Some panels drive the entire display from the bottom others have drivers on top and bottom which would result in lines going half way up or down. I have a panel that had about half a dozen lines now. That's just the way it happens. Since pioneer went away in 2008 that's a pretty old panel. Things are bound to go pop.

[@CMskittles]

Yeah, this set does drive from both the top and the bottom. There are four buffer boards on top, and four on the bottom. I got another line yesterday, and what's interesting is that the new line appeared on the TOP half of the screen, while the rest of them are spread out across the bottom of the screen. I'm wondering if this could actually be a problem with the digital control board. Just seems very strange to me that the TV could run fine for the past 15 years, and then suddenly these driver ICs or transistors start dropping like flies over the course of just two weeks. A dying IC on the digital board which controls all of the address drivers seems plausible to me. Maybe I'm just in denial because I don't want my TV to die 😅

[@12voltvids]

@@CMskittles it's the panel. The old one my daughter used to play her PlayStation on had about a dozen spread out over it last time it was used. She moved our 3 years ago and that set has been unplugged ever since

[@drjwbriand]

hey thanks for this video, i'm gonna give it a whirl. i've got a samsung 50 plasma that i had retired due to exactly the problem yours had. i'll let you know what happens. rock on!!

[@konaunit5328]

mine (Samsung pn5000h 5y old) have now 2 vertical lines on the side (in green) can be fix too ?

[@grazio1421]

Hey there / love your videos. Any idea why some of the older Samsung plasma TVs ( like mine) develop a pinkish bar across the screen. Very noticeable on white backgrounds. Thanks

[@12voltvids]

Yes that is a panel failure mode. Panels have neon and xenon gas which ionizes to produce uv. Some panel models (Mexican made mostly) didn't have the correct neon / xeon mix and the neon glows pink. Had a friend that started happening to, his panel was replaced just under warranty. The guy came out and changed the panel in house. About a year later it started doing the same thing and the service center said sorry no warranty bad panel, known issue. It was them that told him it was a bad run of panels. I have one that does it. That is my junk watch the news on in my bedroom. Logos are also badly burned on that set.

[@grazio1421]

Was afraid of this. Great tv until this started. Thanks so much for your reply I greatly appreciate it! Keep up the great work look forward to your next video. Best regards.

[@jimnfransmith9196]

My TV is 2011 samsung plasma 58inch worked great went to storage for 5 years. It's had lines top and bottom will check these screws. And get back to you

[@ht9851]

Great video! I tried what you showed but it didn't work. I have two single lines in the middle of the screen. It's a Samsung 8000 series plasma. Any thoughts?

[@amsmuh]

A friend give me LG 42 inch plasma from 2006. It have a weird problem, some time the image only show blues or red with noise (othewise the black show right). All the power, lvds,audio is ok.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Glad this was a relatively simple fix - no parts needed. Set should go for another 10 years or more. As for copyright, it's gotten ridiculously anal lately; especially with "protected content" (meaning if you use any portion of it you risk your video being blocked or deleted and/or a strike added to your account).

[@sokts5422]

my panasonic plasma has its screen like "ungluing"... it shows even when it's off! i cant see any kind of film or something to take off. anyone knows about it?

[@12voltvids]

They had a second piece of glass in front of the panel

[@sokts5422]

@@12voltvids do u know if is it repairable?

[@coldtortillas4738]

My Samsung plasma has two solid horizontal lines across the bottom. They are fine lines, stretching all the way across the screen. I've tried all the trouble shooting options, but still they persist. Any ideas?

[@12voltvids]

If it isn't a connector then it is the buffer board. Some sets have an upper and a lower buffer and other just one board. It is the one on the left side of the panel looking from the back that has all the panel tabs plugged into it.

[@justinjahnke2298]

@@12voltvids Thanks so much! I'm determined to get rid of these lines.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

Why not ESR some of those power supply caps, as well as the sustain boards.... Those sustain caps would look good but would go out of esr tolerance. That set had a great picture as did most plasmas..... However, LCDS have really taken hold of the market.

[@12voltvids]

Why? They are not bad. These ones that were made I korea were very good. When the caps start to go there will be noise in the picture. This had a loss of drive to the precharge electrodes. I was only interested is getting my tv running not spending a bunch of money and time changing caps to inferior ones tha are already there. Caps don't faul as often as the amateurs on the internet think. You get the odd specific cap that fails. Also lcd have improved, but the plasma still looks superior. They stopped making asma for only one reason. Cost. They cost much more to make. Even oled, they sell them at a premium but they cost nothing to make. If this one blows up I will replace it with a oled not lcd because LCD tv doesnt have a wide enough view angle from some of the seats in the room.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

@@12voltvids ....ty for you reply.... Having been in the TV repair business for almost 38 yrs starting in 79.... I wish I had been more diligent when it came to caps, especially electrolitics, I probably condemned many TV's that a few caps would've done the trick....tho, the Mitsubishi widescreens would have sometimes over a hundred caps that were leaking/bad... But, you are correct, if it seems to be running ok, why bother...just a thought since you had it opened up. Best wishes my friend.

[@12voltvids]

@@frankpitochelli6786 Me too. I started training in electronics in 79 at a local TV shop while in high school. When I finished school I didn't want to go down the electronics road and actually went to college for television production. Tried to get in that field, but it was tough to get in, and got the opportunity to work for Sony for a year doing VCR mods on betamax. I left there and ended up at a local self servicing dealer that did warranty work for many companies. Ended up running the service department for 20 years and finally got fed up with the entire business and walked in 2003.

[@frankpitochelli6786]

@@12voltvids ...yes, I too got fed up, I lasted till 2012 then realized you just couldn't make a living anymore, the work load dried up due to the throwaways, VCRs went away, component level wasn't worth putting the time into troubleshooting. I really did enjoy the bizz for most of the years, it was a lucrative business in the 80s 90s 20s..then it died in 2010.... You get the drift, you worked in it so you fully understand what we went through. P.S....not to mention the constant upgrading of knowledge as every year the technology would change and everything just became so cheesy and cheap.... Lost money that last 5 yrs trying to hang on hoping the business would turnaround. Thx for your reply Frank.

[@12voltvids]

@@frankpitochelli6786 Exactly. In the 80 and 90s there was good money. When the flat panels started appearing and vcrs disappearing it was time to get out. I left in 2003 as there wasn't money in the business as far as repairs go and the owner wanted to be a box box store and just sell. The store closed in 12. I actually didn't touch any electronics for several years after leaving. Then I got the idea for the channel and started working on a few things again. Just a hobby to make an excuse for not doing work around the house. :) that hobby pays me almost what I was making in the last months I did it for a living.

[@scoleman7862]

Hey Dave . haha loved that comment about the dust as well LOL... I obtained a 50 inch Samsung plasma last week with horizontal lines at the bottom for 20$ . Cleaned the contacts and connection strips and tightened all grounds with no change. Other vids mention changing the whole board as the IC’s may be the issue, but I am wondering ... if an IC was bad wouldn’t that effect the whole image band of that particular signal not just a few lines etc? Do I need to get a board or check other things first in your opinion? Thx for an help. Scott

[@12voltvids]

A few horizontal lines if not connectors is likely one of the buffer chips. There are 2 buffer boards an upper and lower. One affects the top and the other the bottom. If the black lines are vertical it is the panel.

[@scoleman7862]

@@12voltvids Thanks. Yes they are horizontal. i see there is a board on ebay for $27. is that a good price

[@scoleman7862]

@@12voltvids seems reasonable...

[@scoleman7862]

@@12voltvids I was really hoping it would clear like your did in the video haha . oh well

[@12voltvids]

@@scoleman7862 Again if it is just a couple of horizontal black lines that are not resolved by removing and re-seating the tape it is going to either be a buffer board or the panel. Buffer boards are relatively cheap. I got one for the 50" set I fixed about 5 years ago for 25.00 and that set still works today, however it has devoloped 2 thin red vertical lines now which is the panel starting to fail, but no big deal as I just watch the morning news on it, and Global has destroyed the panel anyway with their stupid global news logo and the static bar across the bottom and down the right side. It has lovely burn it now. WIll run it till it blows up and then swap it out for another old set I don't care about. I have enough old plasma sets to last me the rest of my live! (Have 9 waiting their turn to go back into service)

[@reacey]

Got a plasma to look at tonight with this issue. Hoping its just the connectors

[@12voltvids]

Mine still going strong. Watching it now.

[@reacey]

@@12voltvids got one also, much better quality than lcd for watching freeview tv here in the UK

[@petenamlook18]

Is a black vertical bar likely a tab problem as well?

[@12voltvids]

No, vertical bars are usually a failure of the panel, as the ic chips that drive the vertical registers are attached to the glass. The line buffers on plasma are external components on the buffer board because they are high voltage high current devices and need heat syncs. The vertical drive is just the trigger to start the plasma discharge and are very low current and as such don't produce heat and there are many more vertical trigger wires. There are 1080 horizontal drivers but 5760 vertical (1920 for each color, red green and blue subpixel)

[@aceelectriccompany1181]

Huh-ho, I have a 2005 Samsung plasma. So far, so good.

[@TAF720]

If the horizontal line is not a tab or connector problem, what else could it be?

[@12voltvids]

Horizontal line on plasma is a buffer chip on one of the buffer boards that plug into the panel on the left side looking from the rear.

[@stephengorin3059]

Sorry to disagree with you but when i was working on any television, B/W, color, plasma or lcd, a blow out with compressed air was the first thing that was done to any set. It's one thing that was grounded into me when i was in training many years ago. As for the loose screws, I have also had the same problem and some time just to tighten the screw back down is only 1/2 of the problem. A general reflow of the ground / mounting screw holes with a bit of fresh solder also goes a long way in preventing the problem returning. I have also had problems with on some sets that have a current limit resistor going dry jointed on the flexible loom to the plasma panel and causing a similar problem, i can't remember the brand or model ( pioneer ?? ) Good luck and i really enjoy to video's .

[@12voltvids]

Dry dust never hurt anything. It's when the set is used in a smoke environment that it becomes problematic. This set is actually very clean inside considering the hours on this panel. Just checked 15000 hours of use.

[@matthewg.8698]

I have a LG plasma and I got vertical green lines...do you think that this method is going to fix them as well as it fixed the horizontal lines you had?

[@12voltvids]

Vertical lines are usually caused by address drive IC failures and the address drivers are part of the panel.

[@matthewg.8698]

@@12voltvidsthank you very much for the fast reply! ok , so basically I'm going to try to tighten every driver I see when I remove the panel ! Any other suggestions?

[@12voltvids]

@@matthewg.8698 the driver IC are on the flexible PC connector to the panel. Not possible to repair. Panel is shot. I have 2 in this condition.

[@matthewg.8698]

@@12voltvids so I would need another panel...in other words the TV must go to the trash can and I have to buy a new one. Is that correct?

[@12voltvids]

@@matthewg.8698 or put up with the lines. My bedroom tv has 2 thin vertical Red lines and another one i have has about a dozen. It keeps getting more and more. I'll run it till it goes out then toss it. One of these sets i just watch the news on and it is badly burned. The right side and bottom have severe burn in From static text.

[@sebase6577]

I got one big line on the right side ( 1”) vertical. Is that the same fix ?

[@12voltvids]

Sorry Charlie. That's the panel that has failed.

[@DavidMathisen]

What do the screws back out out of curiosity?

[@12voltvids]

Thermal expansion of dissimilar metals. The metal back and screws are made out of different types of metal which have a different expansion contraction coefficient when heated and cooled. This was a big problem with Panasonic plasma and it usually resulted in a board failure their solution was the supply new screws that had lock washers to prevent them from backing out.

[@DavidMathisen]

@@12voltvids thanks so much for info. Totally would think of that happening on a TV at all but totally make sense since so close to the warmest part of TV.

[@TAF720]

Tried this method but it didn’t remove the thin line about a third of the way up from the bottom of the screen 😞

[@12voltvids]

Horizontal line is buffer board bottom half bottom top half top. Vertical thin lines is panel failure.

[@watdaphuq]

tried it on mine just now, but no improvement... I have like 40 thin black horizontal lines across it but other than that the picture is perfect. any suggestion what else could it be then? thanks

[@12voltvids]

Horizontal lines is a buffer board problem, vertical lines is a panel problem. I have a few that have thin vertical colored lines (red green and blue) at a few locations. It's a bad panel. I still use it for non critical watching.

[@mrhocuspocus]

@@12voltvids I have one here with a single row (horizontal) of black pixels, changing the buffer board did nothing. No amount of tapping or jiggling anything brings the row back to life. Must be something broke in the panel.

[@12voltvids]

@@mrhocuspocus could be

[@tonykara]

I'm giving you a thumbs up before watching it just because you had to deal with stupid youtube BS.

[@pibblesnbits]

How do you discharge the device before working on it?

[@12voltvids]

Unplug it from the outlet.

[@pibblesnbits]

@@12voltvids Doesn't the plasma TV have a ton of capacitors that can hold a ton of charge after the TV is unplugged? Sounds dangerous.

[@12voltvids]

@@pibblesnbits When running yes but the energy discharges within a couple of seconds once turned off. Not like the old tube gear that can hold a charge much longer. There is always a load on the power supply so once you turn it off that load will discharge it.

[@pibblesnbits]

@@12voltvids Thank you! This info helps a lot. I really appreciate you getting back to me on it.

[@jeffpullen444]

I just have one very thin black line going down the right side of my Samsung can it be fixed ?

[@12voltvids]

Vertical lines on plasma is always the panel. One of my other ones has 2 thin lines and one my kids used to use for video games has a dozen or so. Some red some green so e blue and some black. Live with those till the panel goes out completely. One of mine has been like that 5 years.

[@johnfinn1570]

The Empire Strikes Back

[@jimmything80]

I have a 65" Samsung plasma. every second horizontal line goes out intermittently. has anyone also run into this issue?

[@12voltvids]

Check the edge connectors on the panel. The ones on the left side looking from the rear. Unseat and reseat them and see if that fixes. If not then you have bad buffer board

[@jimmything80]

@@12voltvids ✊ you rock! Thanks for the reply. Now to get a friend to help take this 190lb beast of the wall!

[@12voltvids]

@@jimmything80 yes I know. I have the 63" Samsung. Took 3 of us to lift it down and back up. Good thing I have 2 strong young adult kids as the wife wouldn't be able to help.

[@zx8401ztv]

Dam good for a ten year old plasma :-D I'm confused that no caps are even slightly bulged, perhaps they over rated them for ripple/current. I think you need to use your own footage all the time for tv testing, they are mean sh1tbags :-(

[@SeanBZA]

Good quality caps used, and run cool, so they probably will do 20 years in service. From the days that plasma was considered the top line tech, and thus they used the best components in there, and derated them properly, along with good attention to thermal design, because those chipsets are very power hungry, and the high voltages involved are not going to work well with sub standard components in the set.

[@12voltvids]

Notice the big heat sync on the buffer board driver chips. Most sets I have seen did not have heat sync on them. This was a very expensive set. I bought it wholesale and it was still over 3 grand.

[@danmackintosh6325]

@@12voltvids Wow that's some price, strange that you uploaded a plasma vid as I spent a happy couple of hours replacing the PSU caps in a 2008 42" Philips set we bought yesterday (the generic lower end Samsung-made type that perpetuates the myth that you replace the caps and everything will magically work like new). Edit- now I'm watching the vid, firsty screw the hockey idiots! Secondly, your power supply looks a fair bit different to ours so likely none of the crappy Sanwa caps in there!

[@zx8401ztv]

@@12voltvids Worth every penny, it beats buying a new set every two years because of crap caps and poor engineering killing the set.

[@12voltvids]

@@danmackintosh6325 That's nothing. The 42" SD plasma in the work shop originally was 7000.00. When it was given to me it had the original bill of sale from the shop I worked for stuck to the back. I remember when a 20" trinitron went for 1100. The 25xbr sold for over 2000 for a 25" tv.

[@coyote_den]

You're fortunate those loose grounds didn't blow the common sustain board. Didn't you have a video where this very same problem popped a power module on one?

[@12voltvids]

Yes caught it in time. I have a Panasonic, my mother's old set that the loose grounds did blow the common sustain board. I repaired it, and still have that set. I had a friend bring me his mothers Samsung, also a victim of the loose grounds and a blown x main that I rebuilt. I have seen a few lg sets with blown ipm chips caused by voltage spikes due to grounding issues. All plasma tvs that are still working should have the ground screws checked and tightened before they blow the board. If they are caught before they blow up they will last a very long time. My aet has 15000 hours on the panel and still going strong.

[@ozzstars_cars]

You have more than one loose screw there.

[@12voltvids]

You mean the one posting this comment:)

[@ferrelljohns545]

Love the screensaver.

[@12voltvids]

Screensaver?

[@RoughJustice2k18]

@@12voltvids I think they are referring to the "fish tank" picture on the screen after the repair (around the 4:10 mark onward). That would be a sample/demo video wouldn't it?

[@ferrelljohns545]

@@RoughJustice2k18 that's it.

[@ferrelljohns545]

@@12voltvids the fish

[@12voltvids]

@@ferrelljohns545 That is my aquarium. It doesn't look quite like that today as I am just waiting for all the fish to expire of old age, but they might outlive me. (Marine fish can live 30 years, but they are a pain in the ass now. Local governments have passed bylaws forbidding the sale of salt water fish, leaving only a couple of stores that sell fish and food. So I have to make a 90km drive to buy fish food. I did however make a very nice video of it (the full version is on my channel in hd) and the plan is once they all check out to mount a screen where the tank is and play the video.

[@oblioi]

bloody stupid when all im interested in is your work,nice easy repair for a change

[@ranat5526]

I am going to try that now on my Samsung ps43D450.

[@tyronenelson9124]

Whenever i service peoples tv's Clean the dust out of a TV as it may last a little longer it's good practice.

[@12voltvids]

And you risk electrostatic discharge from compressed air dusters and moisture from air compressor unless it has an air dryer. A little dust never hurt anything. Now the same is not true if the equipment is used in a smoking environment. But in my house if I see anyone smoking i will assume they are on fire and take appropriate action.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

@@12voltvids If something has moving parts (such as gears, fans and motors)- it is a good idea to clean out the dust prior to service (this is true for VCR's, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray players, PC's and tape decks). A plasma TV with no moving parts however, shouldn't need a massive dust clean-out.

[@Dillisive]

I noticed that your not filming in the Garage

[@12voltvids]

That set us too bloody heavy to move so I had to bring the camera into the media room. I was pretty sure I knew what the problem was going in.

[@infinitecanadian]

Copyright laws can be really annoying.

[@annierenard5954]

thank you for this video

[@trashpanda2312]

I have a 50 inch, will try this before I toss money at it.

[@EastAngliaUK]

my tv is now a LG 65UM7660PLA have to edit the video it has a 6 year warranty to.

[@12voltvids]

Good thing you bought the warranty because you will need it on modern tvs.

[@EastAngliaUK]

@@12voltvids kzbin.info/www/bejne/goTGiZSvfLWrask but not had much chance to use it as have a bad room right now.

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

You're lucky you don't have electrically conducting dust. I lost 2 computer power supplies to dust.

[@12voltvids]

That is more of a problem when you allow smokers in the room. Nobody smokes on my house. My dad was never welcome in my house because he was a smoker and couldn't refrain from smoking so he wasn't permitted inside. There is nothing worse than a reformed smoker or someone that was forced against their will to live with a smoker for 20 years.

[@EzeePosseTV]

Seriously!! NHL put a copyright strike on your channel because of a 5 second clip on your TV?! ... I hope you are disputing it.

[@12voltvids]

Yip, and they blocked the video. So I had to re-edit it and blur the screen.

[@EzeePosseTV]

Yeah, I sent them a complaint about how ridiculous their action to jeopardize your channel over the heads of a 5 second clip displayed on a TV during repair. But it's complete radio silence from them, which I expected... Unless they have been in contact with you or YT.

[@12voltvids]

@@EzeePosseTV I just re edit to remove the claimed content and move on.

[@12voltvids]

@@EzeePosseTV Here is the problem. Say that 5 second clip has a play of the year on it, which they license to tv stations to play for big bucks. I did manage to get away with 2 second shot where I said "problem solved" but that was probably because the black banner that showed the TV station was showing, as it was the 5 additional seconds of that play where I said "Problem solved now you know what happens when you get horizontal lines in the picture on a plasma tv." I then cut to the aquarium. It took all of 5 seconds to say that, and they pulled it down for that.

[@EzeePosseTV]

Yeah, I fully understand but it's still unfair putting a strike on your channel which puts it in jeopardy instead of reaching out to you and letting you know about the issue. This way you could discuss an amicable remedy. I hate it when big corp stamps on the little guy and I would hate to see your channel taken down over petty stuff. I enjoy watching your video's as I learn a lot from them. I am a visual learner as spoken or text based instructions messes my brain up. I don't know why, but it has always prevented me from doing my dream jobs along with me being dyscalclia (the number version of dyslexia). So watching you do your work helps me big time and I have been able to resurrect several broken appliances thanks to you.

[@MrRadioGypsy]

Wow, the NHL really did that? Ya think they would consider it free advertising - eh?

[@12voltvids]

They change tv stations for use of highlights. What if it had been a game winning championship goal?

[@MrRadioGypsy]

@@12voltvids Better advert!

[@12voltvids]

@@MrRadioGypsy They don't need advertising. They either block or they take the revenue, and in that case I pull it because I don't share my revenue with anyone.

[@Super-360]

It's kinda weird that my plasma just went bad as well. I made a post on bad-caps here www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?p=948217#post948217. It's a samsung PN50C590G4FXZA horizontal line issue and i just bought a new buffer board for it, Hope it fixes it.

[@12voltvids]

Horizinontal black bar on plasma is either the tab connectors as they were on my set or buffer board. Vertical lines is usually the panel.

[@Super-360]

@@12voltvids yea got a new buffer board coming in, have to wait and see.

[@12voltvids]

@@Super-360 usually when a buffer fails it will cause a shut down condition or a horizontal band of noise from what I have experienced in my limited plasma repairs.

[@Super-360]

@@12voltvids So are you saying i got a failing plasma screen?

[@Super-360]

@@12voltvids I don't think the buffer failed completely, I think it just fried a portion of the ic inside. The board looked fine no burn marks or blow-up ic's. I couldn't find any shorts but tbh it may be because i have a cheap $5 meter.

[@alanparadise3139]

You're right total BULLSHIT. It's on your TV it's not like you are showing the whole game through You Tube.Was it pay FOR CABLE HOCKEY game That You were watching.

[@12voltvids]

No, broadcast on city tv over the air. I just had an antenna on and showed like 9 seconds while I was talking over it.

[@alanparadise3139]

@@12voltvids How the hell is that a copy right if it's antenna OVER THE AIR TV Free singles through your own TV. And for 9 seconds. Just because it's being seen on YT that's pathetic.

[@12voltvids]

Because the NFL, NBA,and NHL are doucebags. The Olympics are even worse. You can't even show still frames from that if you are not the host broadcaster. When I turned the set on to show the fault it was on antenna and I didn't think that a few seconds of the screen would cause any fault as I zoomed it to the corner to show the fault quickly but apparently I went 1 second over the limit and pulled a content Id match and the NHL policy is removal.