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Have you ever changed out the lamp? I would try this first before spending money on a part you may not need. If the lamp doesn't solve the problem, guess what, you'll need a lamp shortly anyway! No harm in letting UHP lamp sit on the shelf for a few months (or even a few years). My recommendation - ...

After re-reading this, I think you might have mistyped your lamp part number. I believe you have a BP96-01659A...correct me if I'm wrong, but you might have read the "9" as a "3" - from looking it up with Samsung, your part number does not exist.

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How long does it take for a job like this?

plyons7890,

I don't know have an answer for you, but I know that this is a serious problem...It differently doesn't sound like a lamp or ballast issue

TNTExplosive, I second the lamp idea... The lamp arc gap widens as the lamp gets older, requiring more voltage as Eddie stated. The problem is a doubled-edged because a no-start issue can be caused by an old lamp or it could be because of a weak ballast...Problem is, the issue is usually TEMPORARILY...

Jauxter, From my experience, the Samsung error codes are useless...They are always blinking and the problem never tends to be what the error codes point to. It sounds like your Samsung HLP5085W is controlling the fan (powering it on and off) as necessary, the way the TV was originally designed to wo...

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