When I bought the tv online from www.samsung.com, it came with an over soldering issue with the power board. I only discovered it when the tv would have started randomly restarting, until it got to the point where it would get in a loop and not stop until I unplugged it.
Returning the tv was not an option as I live outside of the USA. I start
...Read MoreRead more about When I bought the tv online fromed searching the internet for replacement parts and came across www.shopjimmy.com which had the part, but most importantly it had very high quality pictures of the soldered side of the board, where I was able to identify the anomaly that affected the 8 pin IC (2A153D SK362 G14AI). I extracted the the solder and reapplied the required amount, and the issue went away until recently and I knew it was time to replace the as I figured some damage would have occurred to the chip and it it now starting to fail completely.
I am happy to say, that issue is resolved.
I really can say that these TVs are not made to last maybe more than 4 to 5 years. Read LessRead less about When I bought the tv online from