Yes, I did remove and reinstalled the lamp but no difference.Will do a little research on ballast and lamp failures. Thanks Mando Birdie's TV & Electronics Casa Grande, AZ Jim Myers wrote: > If you have not been following the recent chit-chat about the Hitachi > light engine go back and read those posts, you'll probably learn all you > need too realize it's either a bad lamp or a bad ballast. Have you tried > reseating the lamp in it's socket? > ******************************************************************************************************************* > Since 1972 > Jim Myers > Telrad Electronics > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > armando guerra wrote: > > Is anyone familiar with the above set ? My first dlp to work on.When > > powered up,the front power led will blink for a few seconds and than > > after that,the led that say's lamp will come on.I can hear the fan > > running.The lamp can be easly removed by removing the speaker grill and > > than a small cover in which inside of the encloser is the lamp.It pulls > > off its socket.I don't want to replace the lamp unless I am sure that > > its the problem since they are pretty costly,about $400.00 our cost.What > > would be the procedure to see if the lamp is bad or whether to find out > > if it is getting its power source to lite it up.Not familiar at all. > > Maybe an asc tech with panasonic can give me some info or someone that > > has exp.with this type of tv's. Thank you very much. > > Mando > > Birdie's TV & Electronics > > Casa Grande, AZ > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/