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Re: dramatic screendarkening overnight HL-s5086WX/XAA

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:37 am
by Jason1976
try a new lamp. It's at the age when they go bad.

Re: dramatic screendarkening overnight HL-s5086WX/XAA

Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:26 am
by Jason1976
yes. the lamp maynot have enough mercery gas left inside it to light up bright. With the age of the tv it's always good to start with a new lamp.

Re: dramatic screendarkening overnight HL-s5086WX/XAA

Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2010 12:42 pm
by Kentb53
metalhead15 wrote:you still think it's the lamp even though this happened practically overnight?
How easy is it to replace the lamp. Could I who considers myself fairly handy, but with zero experience opening a tv figure it out? will the lamp come with replacement instructions? I've also heard the ballast might be a problem. How do I tell which it is without buying one and just trying it? Thanks
Start with the bulb, then move on to the ballast if necessary. Replacing the bulb is very easy.

Removing bulb housing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQTKt9sk ... re=related

Instead of buying complete bulb housing, just replace bulb itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8GJF6Pq4q8

Re: dramatic screendarkening overnight HL-s5086WX/XAA

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:59 pm
by Jason1976
it does that with a bad lamp but it allso can do that with a bad ballast but most likely the lamp.

vdwemrwh

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:00 pm
by KimfUp