The right and wrong way to remove a Samsung screw less TV back
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2021
- This quick video demonstrates both the right and wrong way to remove the back on a Samsung screw less back LCD TV , proper removal requires the use of the Samsung service jig as shown in the video .
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I always use a small screwdriver and then a scraper 😁
Great content as always Michael
Thanks for that .
Good job mate 👍
Thanks for sharing 📌
no problem
Best video, thanks a lot for sharing!
Please give the link to order that tool sir..
where do we buy that jig sir?
Which item came first for you Michael the Samsung tv with clip on back or the Samsung back removal tool ?
I have scrapped quite a few of these with broken screens , so just broke the back off, it was only when I got one in for repair I though I better get the special tool .
Thanks for helpful video - a couple of things I don't think you say but are likely very useful to novices like me:
1. DON'T remove the front bezel by mistake thinking it needs to come off to remove the rear cover. It is separate and shouldn't be removed. The rear cover can be removed on it's own.
2. The bottom edge of Samsung screwless TVs does NOT have any plastic clips - so you DON'T need to run whatever tool you are using along this edge. My "screwless" design actually had one small screw on the bottom edge which needed to be removed. Obvs they used a screw rather than clips so you don't need to use a tool on this edge and thus avoid what I describe below.
I learnt the hard way as I used a plastic trim tool to remove the front bezel AND to prise the bottom edge of the back cover off - during one or both of these activities I prised against the bottom of the LED screen and ribbon cables (which are at the bottom) and cracked the edge of the screen and poss damaged the cables. Either way I turned a repairable TV Into one that's only good for the scrap heap !
I used the same trim tool to release the clips on the other 3 edges by carefully running it along under the rear cover and it worked fine. Just as shown in the video .
I'm guessing what I say is likely to also be true for other makes of TV where they have tried to go screwless - but I only have experience of Samsung.
I'm obvs very pissed at what I did - I was only trying to fix an intermittent connection issue on the coax aerial input connector - so thought I should post just in case it helps others.
Jools
These sets are a right pain and that's what worries me breaking someone's set trying to remove the back , only a couple of months ago I had a set just like you described and I could not get the back off and the front bezel was parting from the LCD panel , in the end I gave up and told the customer I was not prepared to risk breaking the screen .
@@michaeldranfield7140 Hi Michael - my comment is first time I've ever posted anything on youtube - so really good to see you noticed it ! I've been fixing (mainly mechanical) things for most of my life - I should have done better with this one but, as they say, "every day's a school day !"
Really ironic thing is the replacement Samsung TV has exactly the same fault - waggle the aerial and the picture goes (and comes back when "re-waggled") - when I got inside the tuning module of the TV I broke there was an inductor coil who's leg was hard up against the coax middle tag & it looked like the contact between the two parts had worn thru' the varnish on the leg - so I think it was an eminently fixable issue if not for the removing of the back ! It makes me so cross that manufacturers make fixing easy faults SOO difficult across so many products.
@@jools1438 I am getting overwhelmed with comments now so its easy to miss some and not reply , a lot of stuff today I think is deliberately designed to be difficult to repair in the hope of just selling a new one .
Any advice on how to remove the front bezel? I need to separate the screen from the backlight to get some bugs out.
Good to know, thankyou x
Many thanks for watching .
One plastic puddy knife,and you're in!Thanks for the post!
I got heartily sick of manufacturers inventing new ways of making my life more difficult. Glad I switched careers when I did.
You wont have missed much by changing career and you will definatley be much better off now !
It looks like it wouldn't be too difficult to make a compatible removal tool.
Some delrin rod shaped to size or even a 3d printed one.
What are the other bits on the tool used for?
One for big sets and the other for smaller set back removal .
@@michaeldranfield7140 thank you!
I did mine with a bit of plastic that fit in the hole. Don't need a £15 plastic samsung tool. Just be gentle and it pops up a bit, get a thin plastic knife and slide it around the edge and it pops off easily. 43" Sammie. 👍
Others have also reported the same it can be removed without the special tool.
.I find what is a real pain , some large screen sets are stuck down with double sided tape in some places .
Hi Michael
I need the some item for my repair where can i get it?
It came from Aswo in France but you need to be in the trade to get an account , however here is the Samsung part number BN81-14946B as you might someone selling them on the net .
Hi Michael Im having problems with my Samsung 50 inch UHD The picture is distorted jumping up and down intermittingly then it switches itself off and then back on again........any help would be appreciated i do have video footage which I could send you.....great video by the way
Picture faults are usually caused by the LCD panel itself which is not worth replacing , but as a last resort you could have a look on youtube for videos on blocking off clock lines on the panel .
I am surprised that the opening tool doesn't cost more than a new TV set. They have not realized that they can sell more TVs if they make them totally non-repairable. 🤪
That's the idea of the clip on back... so you think it can't be fixed.
so where do you find and buy the tool?
Have a look at my reply to Martin Oliver, it's also got a part number.
There are plenty of videos on RUclips showing how to successfully open a Samsung screwless TV case without the tool, and without doing any damage to the case. What was the point of destroying the corner of the back of the TV in the last portion of your video?
What I do is take my screw driver in the leg hole and pop it up then work my around doing the same. It does take some work but that tool probably much easier.
even with the tool I have had cracks appearing in the very brittle back cabinet ., this is a really crap design, and then some backs still wont come off as they are held with double sided tape in parts .
Can you tell me where l can buy this tool please?
Thank you
I got mine from ASWO in France but you need a trade account , however here is the samsung part number BN81-14946B , you may be able to find someone on the internet selling them if you dont have an account with ASWO.
@@michaeldranfield7140
Thank you l've ordered from ASWO, got an account with them, been in business repairing TV's since 1986 !
l am good friends with Gary from Buxton
Martin
Maybe have one 3d printed by someone? 🤔
Now that is the finest example of built in obsolescence!
the top and bottom of the matter is makers don't want people doing repairs, all they are interested in is selling a new set .
@@michaeldranfield7140 can you share the part number please? or any links?
@@harb1911 part
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BN81-14946B.
@@michaeldranfield7140 thank you so much!
If you are a Samsung dealer do they give you some of those tools for free?
My screwless back cover doesn't have the cable and hook kind of fastening. It's the old fashioned plastic hook and notches which is a nightmare to remove. The top and bottom edges are impossible to remove without breaking the back cover
I know what you mean , all new stuff is crap now , cost saving and to make things worse the screwless back on samsung sets is made of hard brittle plastic , almost as if they want you to break it !
@@michaeldranfield7140 yeah these manufacturers made them so cheap to the point they are just throwaways. I bet the CRT TV stored my shed still works after 20 plus years and not the 5 years you'd get from these new ones.
YOU ONLY DO THE SIDES AND BACK!!! do NOT run the tool along the front , you can tear the cables , apparently the X and Y boards along with the TCON board are now part of the actual screen, it's these cables that are now in the front and can be damaged, plus you can crack the screen too because it is not protected like on the sides.
Well I'm blowed. 👍
Just another useless cost saving idea , theres no screws inside either , the boards are held by metal clips .
Oof!, that made me wince a bit watching you butcher that back.
screen was smashed so its a scrapper any way !
@@michaeldranfield7140 yes, BUT could have made a nice spare $$$ 😁
@@electronicrepairservice2020 I kept all the boards, I never keep sets anymore waiting for a good second hand screen , it never happens, got more that a hundered sets here with smashed screens all waiting to be broken up .
the next step is the backs will be glued on
If you break off the clips and dont want to buy a new back you would have to glue the back on !
Indeed. On some 8K models they use double sided adhesive tape for the speakers and the rear cover
@@e1woqf Yes I have had that , thought there were more clips and its taped down !
🤯This is crazy! What was wrong with screws, worked for decades. SO CHEAP, certainly doesn't instill any confidence of 'quality' if this is the direction Samsung is going. Bye Samsung. Keeping my 20 year old 52" Toshiba DLP a couple more years. Now you need a specialized tool to take a TV back off?? REDICULOUS 🤬 Thanks for the video and showing how to break it off 😂 I truly hope other manufactures do not follow suit. More liability for techs. Ughhhh 🙄
I have just had a more modern Samsung set in for repair and I cant get the back off , there is no service manual so I dont know how to remove it or if it needs some sort of tool, a new back is over £90 trade and been a super thin set I'm not going to try and lever anything in case I crack the screen so rather than do any damage I'm just going to send it back un repaired , the good old days when sets had 4 or 6 screws to remove the back are over, some plasmas can have 40-50 screws to remove to get the back off , all in the name of progress?
I rather think the Samsung thing is not to save money on screws , its more likely designed this was to just make people buy a new set .
@@michaeldranfield7140 Well, thank you for the heads up, seems like you became the unintended guinea pig here. Very discouraging & frustrating encounter I'm sure, however I think once word gets out how difficult or expensive to repair because of that, people will buy a different brand. I think Samsung forgot about social media .... and they also bricked their TV's without telling consumers. Hmmnn maybe LG or Sony is a better way to go. Samsung used to be a good product. My Toshiba & Olevia units still work great and they are over 20 years old. Guess that's why they are not in the TV business anymore - product was too good. 🤣 Pride & quality seem to be a product of the older generation. Sad. The other option would be to fix the TV & give it back without the back.... you really don't see it anyway and you'll get better ventilation so it runs cooler. 😂😂 Maybe this is retaliation against Right to Repair.
About 30 years ago IBM made some monitors which needed a special tool to remove the back. Needless to say only available to IBM dealers. I made one from an old kitchen knife!
@@rampak1I just sent a 2020 model Sony TV back today un repaired because I couldn't get the back off and a new back was over £130 so not even worth risking levering anything, for some reason a lot of TV back are now made from very brittle plastic to make matters even worse.
Sorry to say, but I’m not a fan of Samsung anything. They don’t back up their products and have sub par customer service. Always seems their product fails right after the warranty expires, especially their refrigerators.
Sadly no one backs up there products any longer , soon as the warranty ends your on you own , no one wants to know .
Why did you shove the screwdriver into the front cover? You can use a screwdriver without damaging it. You just did it completely wrong and appears intentionally so. I made a video showing how to remove it with a screwdriver.
The idea was to show how the back is made of very brittle plastic, in fact its so brittle I have had cracks appear no matter how careful you are in trying to remove the rear cover.
@@michaeldranfield7140 oh
Come on man that tv can be open using a screwdriver if you are careful enogh cannot believe what I just saw😮
My heart sinks when one of those comes into the workshop ! The circuit boards are clipped in without screws. Absolutely stupid design.
Well of course it's going to break with the screwdriver with the way you're doing it. You're just being careless my friend.