[stomachmonkey]

My favorite Samsung TV developed this minor intermittent problem where occasionally it would not start up completely requiring you to turn it on and off several times.

Last week it got out of control and would take up to 15 minutes to get going.

Diagnosed it as a bad main board so off I go to the inter webs to order one.

However, since electronics frequently have minor model / hardware revisions I opened it up to the get the part number directly off the board rather than trust just the model number of the TV alone.

Put it back together and used the minimal number of screws needed to hold the back panel on since I'm diving back in when the part shows up.

Needless to say the TV has worked flawlessly since.

Part showed up today.

Something tells me if I return it I'll just be re-ordering it.

If I don't return it it'll sit in the closet and never be needed.