I recently had to replace the lamp in my Samsung DLP TV after 3 years. Worked great for 1 month. Today while watching TV the screen went blank. The lamp no longer lights when I turn on the TV. Does anyone know how I can tell if I got a defective lamp or has the ballast gone bad?
Was it a replacement lamp, or was it an original? If it was a replacement, take it out and use a meter to measure the filiment and see if its blown. If it is return it where you bought it. There usually is not any type of warranty on a lamp, but you could try. Try going to this link http://www.samsungparts.com/Default.a... and enter your model number and see if the bulb is here. Good Luck and please let us know how you made out.
Not sure what you mean by use a meter and measure the filament? As I said, replaced the original lamp with a new (replacement) lamp from samsungparts.com.
Those are halogen bulbs so there's no real way to tell if the thing will fire or not with a meter. Are you getting the lamp failure LED blinking on the front of the set? If so you either got a bad lamp or the new lamp is still good and the ballast failed or both are bad. If the lamp physically looks OK, not blown, then it's quite possibly a bad ballast. I have had bad lamps that looked perfectly good be bad (mostly in LG's and Zeniths).
OMG What was I thinking? LOL Thanks for the correction MOtvGuy! Of course you cant tell on these with a meter. ME BAD! Yes I have also replaced several lamps that looked fine but would not fire up.
Thanks MOtvGuy. Since I just replaced the lamp, I'll try a new ballast. I'll let you know. Hopefully it will arrive before the Thanksgiving holiday!
I have a DLP TV set and have replaced the lamp once in 3 years. The new lamp is approximately a little over 1 year old. TV was working great and the picture began to blink. Not go all the way out but blink rapidly. Finally the bulb went blank with all of the leds on the front blinking at the same time. I tried to restart the tv several times but the lamp would not light. The fans came on and the tv make a loud humming noise. Could not tell where the noise was coming from. It did not seem to come from the ballast.
The tv would not turn off with the remote. It would appear to turn off and then the sound would come back with no picture.
I am going to replace the ballast to see if it fixes the problem.
I have the same problem as mentioned above. Except that I just got done changing my color wheel because it was making a loud noise. Now when I turn on the tv I get the lamp that blinks on and off several times then all three blinks.
Is there a way to check the ballest using a meter? Like measuring for current going to the bulb. If so, what should the voltage be when tv is powering up?
Thank you for any help anyone can give.
Basically the ballast is just a transformer. If you have voltage the supply voltage and control voltage going to it and the lamp does not light either the lamp or ballast is bad.
I have pretty much decided not to invest any more money in this Samsung DLP due to the fact that the replacement parts are too expensive to experiment with and the set is just too eratic. Everything I read about this set is negative.
I thought that my problem was with the power supply board because I was not getting the required supply voltage to the ballast but after further research it could be something else not telling the supply board to react. Further the part number of the board according to Samsung Parts will not be available for up to 4 months. There is a total nationwide shortage of this part.
Good luck with yours. Let me know how you came out.
Cliff
I was able to figure it out and it all leaded to a minor mistake on my behalf. LoL.. When installing the color wheel there is a ribon wire that is easy to put it into the slot backwards. After removing it and reinstalling it the right way the tv worked fine. This also tells me that the color wheel circuit is tied into the ballast circuit.. Because I wasn't getting the right amount of electricity at the ballast..
Thank you...
Can anyone help me with a problem I am having with my Samsung DLP Model # HLN617WX ?
When I try to turn on the tv using the remote or the button on the side of the tv, ONLY the timer light blinks and the tv will not turn on. If I unplug the tv from the outlet and plug it back in, the tv will turn on. The picture is great, and the fans are working. No sounds are coming from the tv indicating a bad color wheel or other part. When I turn the tv off, I have to follow the same procedure to turn it back on. Any suggestions ?
Can anyone help with my samsung DLP problem? I replaced the original lamp about 4 months ago. This morning when I tried to turn the TV on all i heard was like a rattling noise. I have tried to google this and found a lot mentioned about the ballast, but I have no idea what this is or how to tell if it is the problem. I dont understand why my replacement lamp of 4 months would already go out. Please help!!!
Hey AprilJ
I've had the same problem with my Samsung DLP HLR5667. A repair expert dianosed it to be the Main Board. It has been impossible to get. Samsung says they are in stock, but the largest repair shop in the U.S. , Rentacenter, can't get them. I smell a rat somewhere. I would say Samsung is basically unreliable and they won't support it with parts that seem to go out like crazy.
oops brain fade, of course there is no filament in these lamps! What was I thinking?
I have a Samsung HLT5075 and the bulb went out. I got a Philips bulf from Next Day DLP and replaced it. It worked for about 1 month and went out. I shipped it back and they sent me another one. It worked for 3 days and went out. Help........ Is is the ballast or just bad bulbs. The fans work. I cleaned out the inside and blew evrything off with an air compressor. No dust to worry about. ???????
Have a 5 year old Samsung DLP and it just went totally dark. No lights blinking, seems to have no power.
Can that be the bulb or is it another problem? The manual said if the lamp is going bad the control switch will blink. Nothing like that--just a click and then darkness.
Thanks!
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I have a 5-year old Samsung DLP that just went black abruptly. There appears to be no power to the set.
Can that be just the bulb or do you think it's a circuit board or something.
samsung dlp tv do not use halogen lamp they use UHP, or Ultra High Performance lamp. Philips claims a lifetime of over 10,000 hours for the lamps.
samsung dlp tv do not use halogen lamp they use UHP, or Ultra High Performance lamp. Philips claims a lifetime of over 10,000 hours for the lamps
I have a HL_R5064W Samsung DLP TV set three and half years old. Suddly screen blinked and darked. Then 3 LED lights flashed. I replaced with a new lamp. Whan I turned it on. Three LED lights still bliking and I hear a loud humming noise coming from color wheel. I opened the lamp cover and saw the one ballast component was very bright. Does this mean all the lamp, color wheel and ballast are bad? Could anyone give me some suggestions. Thanks for help.
Hi,
We have a Samsung HLP5063W. During a thunderstorm we had a general power failure - no lightning hit or anything, just the whole block went out. Since then, the TV has no picture and no sound other than a loud hum that varies in it's loudness. We've unplugged and plugged back in, jiggled some cords, nothing.
Any ideas?
look inside the set and see if you can find anything that looks burnt or popped!!
Larry Dillon
Hi We have a samsung HLT6176S model and had it for just over a year now.Last Sept. 2, 2009 my daughter was playing PS3 and it was working fine and the next morning the Television would turn on but no picture at all. The screen was totally dark and the 3 LED lights are blinking. Could it be the lamp or anything else, pls. help me Thanks!!!
sure sounds like the lamp is bad. blinking lights on the front is the clue that you guessed correctly!
I hear ya man. I have had my Samsung 50
My Samsung DLP has not lost the picture, but it's growing darker. Is that the lamp or can someone tell me what else it might be?
That is a hard call until you replace the lamp as it very well could be, and unfortunately there really is no other way to test it but there is a very expensive lamp tester some authorized repair shops may have but most shops do not buy that equipment the cheap[est and most reliable way to test this bad lamp is with a new and/or a direct replacement lamp!!
Larry Dillon, Good Luck!!!!!
I have a 61" samsung dlp, and my tv shuts off for no reason the lamp light starts blinking then i turn it right back on and then it makes a weird noise and turns back on. weird but this happens quite a bit. Any advice??
josh, i think it may be your color wheel. only 2 moving parts in the tv. fans and color wheels. if that weird noise is a grinding/screeching that becomes low and then loud at times, its definitely the color wheel.
I have a Samsung HLS6167 DLP. TV comes a few seconds the picture goes out (lamp turns off). The sound remains for another few seconds and system shuts down with all 3 lights on front flashing. I have replaced the lamp. I replaced the ballast and the TV worked for a few days the blew a Capacitor on the new ballast and replaced that cap twice. The Cap seems to be fine right now but I do not know why the cap kept blowing possible power supply. Can anyone help with some test or what to examine.
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