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Thanks,
It is Samsung BP47-00037A

Thanks again grayfox.

Thanks, I have already take the ballast off, and it seems fine but that winning sound it makes goes away when the old lamp is connected to it but it makes it with the newer lamp. It totally makes sense. Since I have the ballast out already, is there any way to test to see if it is good or not? Thank...

one last question grayfox,
Do you know if the ballast will affect the color wheel at all? Just curious

That makes total sense, that's why it would make that weird noice on the newer lamp but not the older lamp. I will order a ballast and let you know. Thanks again.

Thanks grayfox, I tested the old lamp that it had before and that did light up. This is the lamp that I replaced and made the tv dim, so it has to be the lamp. The weird sounds stops when I put it the old lamp so I assume the ballast made that sound because the lamp that was in there would not light...

I replaced the buld on the DLP 8 months ago, the other night it just shut off. When you try to turn it on it acts like is it turning on with the green light blinking, then it will turn off. It does this about 3 times before all 3 lights start to blink (1 red 2 green). I heard it could be three thing...