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    In here? Watching TV with the wife last night, and the screen got dim. Turned TV off, and tried to turn back on... you guessed it, nothing happened. I unplugged and let it sit overnight and throughout the day. Plugged back in and still nothing. I know half the time thy're not worth messing with since they're fairly cheap now. But if it could be something simple that I can check/fix myself, I'm certainly willing to look into it. TV is a Samsung. Less than 6 years old.

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    Does it have gas in it?

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    If you take the back off of it, there are like 3 tube style fuses on the board. You can take it apart and check those...if not that, might as well go a buy a new one.

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    Blinker fluid is low.

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    Is it plugged in?

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    I checked all the fluids and made sure it was plugged in. Still nothing. I'll look at plugs and wires next.

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    I had a samsung that quit on me. Tv wasn't that old. Google the model number with the word "repair" next to it. When mine messed up there was a common problem and I ordered the part off amazon. It was a circuit board of some sort. I replaced it (two screws and unplug it, simple repair) and that fixed it. The part was $30.
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    Samsung had some notorious power supply problems for which they offered free replacement of a capacitor or resistor that was the problem. I thought that was a little more than 6 years ago, but know there were some related problems a little later. A little online research in some of the AV and AVS forums probably has a ton of info.

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