We often times receive calls from customers who attempt to fix their own TV's by scouring the internet for the most common TV problems on various forums, blogs, and sites like "FixYa.com" or "RepairPal.com" that give very generalized tips on what the problem(s) might be, buying the board from an online retailer, and finding out later that it didn't fix their TV problem. We cannot stress this enough. If you're not sure what you're doing, we recommend seeking out a reputable TV repair shop to have your TV fixed the right way the first time around. As an active TV repair shop ourselves as well as a parts supplier, we are able to offer our customers tech support over-the-phone but no amount of tech support can possibly deduce all of the multitudes of symptoms that a TV exhibits when things break inside. And that's where the expertise of a TV repair technician at your local TV repair shop comes in handy. They have the tools, knowledge, and expertise to narrow down where the problem(s) may lie(s).

Every brand and every model will have their unique blinking codes that tell you what's wrong with your TV. Just because you get blinking codes from a Panasonic TV meaning one thing or another doesn't mean that a similar blinking code sequence you get from a Samsung TV will mean the same thing. It won't. The same is true for "clicking noises" when one presses the power button and nothing seems to happen except hearing a series of clicks. It may click once, the screen might flash on for a few seconds before shutting down. It may click a few times, the screen may actually turn on and remain on but no actual video is displayed and pressing the power button does nothing at which point you'd have to manually unplug the power cord to shut it off. 

Let's be clear here. The "clicking" noises that one hears is just the switch and/or relay on the Power Supply "opening up" and "closing" the circuit as an electrical signal is sent out and received from each of the circuit boards inside your TV. The clicks themselves have no real meaning--at least not to the average Joe or Jane. It doesn't necessarily mean that the Power Supply is bad or faulty or failing. The only real way to test it is using a volt meter (multimeter, if available, to test other things as needed) and tracing pin by pin where the voltages are falling short or is exceeding the specifications. And if you don't know how to use one, the odds of successfully fixing your own TV the first time around is about as good as finding a needle in a haystack. 

Nevertheless, we also understand that some of our customers would rather 'chance it' than pay the price premium of an experienced TV repair professional to do the same work. We totally get it. After all, you might just "get lucky" by replacing one problematic board and your TV miraculously starts working again. We would only ask our guests to take the necessary precautions when handling your TV and its circuit boards. We recommend using an electrostatic strap that's grounded to a solid piece of metal (like your TV's metal frame, for instance) to minimize electrostatic discharge (ESD) that may just fry the IC chips and other components on your circuit board. IC Chips are very sensitive to ESD so even the minutest discharge can significantly shorten the lifespan of a good working circuit board leading to premature failure. If you don't have an electrostatic strap (or perhaps, you can't justify buying one), you can just touch a piece of solid metal every few minutes to "ground yourself." We also recommend wearing a pair of work gloves to prevent knicks, cuts, and sharp corners that are commonly found inside your TV when removing metal brackets, cages, and steel enclosures.