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Question for the folks here. I pulled the lamp and held the lamp door in place while plugging in the TV. The red standby lamp comes on. I can see the color wheel and it is not spinning. Is it reasonable to expect that it would spin? If so, since it's not spinning, is it safe to assume that the color...

Any other thoughts on this? I'm ready to start replacing parts, but don't want to spend good money on parts that don't need replacing. Has anyone put together a troubleshooting workflow on Samsung DLPs?

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I was able to get into the service menu and it looks like I have 3,441 hours on the original bulb. The TV is now back to the state where it doesn't turn on and doesn't respond to any buttons. I'm thinking this must be a circuit board as well. Does anyone know which board controls the signals coming ...

Okay, an update on the total strangeness of this issue. I unplugged all electronics that were connected to TV (WII, Archos dock, and Surround Sound tuner) and when I plugged the TV in and pushed the power button, it turned on. My suspicion is that this doesn't have anything to do with the unplugging...

I took a look at this post, which has a pretty nice diagram of the startup process for the TV: http://www.fixyourdlp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=366&p=1281&hilit=symptoms+bad+ballast#p1281 Since I don't hear any clicking sounds, I'm guessing it's not the ballast and since there are no lamp warnin...

Can't get to the service menu because it won't power up, but the lamp has never been replaced in almost 3 years. I'm hesitant to think, though, that it's the lamp or the ballast because the lamp LEDs aren't blinking. My understanding from reading here is that lamp LEDs should blink when the lamp tim...

Okay, cracked the case and took a look inside. Not overly dusty, just what you would expect for a couple years. I blew out the dust with compressed air and checked the fuse on the power supply. The fuse is intact, which doesn't surprise me since the LEDs on the front display are lighting up. At this...

I am pretty technically savy, but haven't cracked the case yet. Wanted to get some input first on things to look for. I'll open the back panel this evening and clean out any dust and report back whether that works.

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Tried repeatedly pushing the power buttong for 50-60 times and just holding the power button for 30-40 seconds. All that happens is the green timer LED lights up and blinks. Other than the flashing green LED, nothing...

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Hey folks, I've been fortunate that my Samsung DLP has lasted 2.5 years with absolutely no issues until recently. About 2 months ago, the TV was stuck on and wouldn't respond to either my cable or the TV remote. None of the side buttons worked either. So to turn the TV off, I had to unplug it. I lef...