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    Samsung Plasma TV Power Cycling

    Another update: (I should have probably just edited them all into my main question. Sorry.) I used diode mode on my multimeter to test the chips on the main board. One of them is giving me OL. Would that mean that this is bad? Or that there is a short somewhere? It has 4 legs on each side. If we...
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    Samsung Plasma TV Power Cycling

    Another update: Went into service mode and factory reset it. Still giving me the problem (so I'm thinking it's not a firmware issue). Will even shut off while in service mode.
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    Samsung Plasma TV Power Cycling

    Update: Everything looks fine on the main board. Again, any way to test? A new thought though: Could it be the firmware causing it to crash? I did update... but is there a way to set it back to factory setting? I did think it was weird that it didn't crash the whole time I did the firmware...
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    Samsung Plasma TV Power Cycling

    I jumped the ps-on and ground to start it without the main board. No shorting, no disconnecting. I'm narrowing my focus down to that. None of the chips look burnt/bubbled. All the text on them is visible. The heatsinks are firmly in place. I disconnected the speakers along with the power/volume...
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    Samsung Plasma TV Power Cycling

    Hello, I have a Samsung pn51d6500dfxza TV. It power cycles after about 2-5 minutes of being on (a loud click when going on or off). What I tried/noticed: -I unplugged everything from the power supply board except for the main and logic control board. Still power cycled (this includes the...