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Ok I did as you suggested. I actually took off the whole back panel last night, removed the bulb again which from what I can tell looks fine but maybe it isn't. Fan was fine and I only found one of them. It starts up when you turn the TV on but then I still got the shutdown and beeping. I called num...

Yea I was told if the lamp does not match up "EXACTLY" with the numbers it needs then the lamp could already beb urned out and that is what would be causing the problem. So I called and am having them all check the numbers fo what they sold me and to also look and see if they can gett he b...

Nope I totally understand you are trying to help. I appreciate you answering all my dumb questions. I am just trying to go thru a process of elimination here so I don't end up throwing all sorts of parts at the damn thing when I may not need too. I am pretty sure I don't have a fan problem but it ca...

Yea I had wondered about that with the bulb and the ballast. I have only ever seen the one fan and it is close to the lamp. I am positive I don't have the clicking sound (ballast problem) and I don't have the whirring sound (Color wheel problem) but do have that soft beeping noise which is similar t...

Wow you sure that is the right ballast? I had to find it on Samsungparts.com and it was listed at $83. Meant to ask you if you knew of any other fans on the TV besides the one at the rear of the unit that blows out the back?

Ughhhh.... My dilemma is having to throw money at a new ballast and then pay someone to install it when that may not be the problem. I actually found another person on a forum describing the same exact problem I am having but they did not get any response. :(

So even though the TV fired up when I did the lamp hours reset that would be a bad ballast? Would that have allowed the TV lamp to come on for the reset if it were the ballast? I just have a hard time witht he ballast being bad since the TV is only 2 years old. The lamp I could understand since it h...

Ok well I can physically see a fan right ont he back of the tv when I remove the cover. Butif there are other fans I cannot see them. Do you know where they would be or were you talking about just cleaning out the fan I can see? The noise is a soft beeping noise that you hear right after the TV does...

Well I have taken the back off and I noticed the fan starts up running right away and then the unti starts beeping. I agree it totally sounds like a warning but I cannot for the life of me tell what it would be. When I was able to reset the lamp hours the TV came on and ran fine all night for like o...

NEHelp I posted again for you last night. I could really use your help in figuring out what my next step is with this TV. Is it possible for you to call me to discuss? It seems you are never online when I get home from work. E-mail me please if you get this at barrale68@hotmail.com and thanks I look...

LOL well got home tonight after work and the damn thing is doing the same thing. Same noise. Won't come on. So now what? I used the TV last night for a long time and even turned it on and off to make sure I had no problems. Now it sat off all day and then I get home to turn it on and nothing. :( So ...

Well holy crap dude. Thanks a million the tv came on for the reset and now seems to be working just fine (knock on wood). I thought it was odd that everything would go bad on it all at once and I have never had any trouble with this set until just now after replacing a bulb that got over 5,000 hours...

Hey NEHelp get back to me as soon as you can and hopefully you can help me out. I have a tech coming to my house tomorrow morning to look it all over but would love to save the service fee if I could.

Thanks,

How do I reset it when the screen will not even show a picture? I can't even get it to come on. Am I hearing you right that resetting the meter would make the set work? Confused.

I have a HL-S6186W Samsung 61 inch DLP. Was new in the box in January 2007 and I just replaced the original bulb in the TV 3 days ago. I replaced it with the exact Phillips bulb that came with the new TV and the TV worked great for 3 days and then last night it would not turn on. I contacted the tec...