glow from ballast board - lamp wont fire up.

[steckermonkey]

There is a glow from ballast board when tv is turned on. The tv previously worked good, now the lamp wont light up...but i can see the flash in the bulb like its trying to light up (3 times) and when it does that i see the ballast glow 3 times. Is the ballast supposed to do that? Could it just need a new lamp? This is a HL-R4667W model.

[rougeleader]

well, when you say a glow, do you mean like a LED light or more like a red hot glow???
if you could get pictures of the issue or maybe post a video on youtube, that would help a lot!!!

[steckermonkey]

The "glow" occurs at the same time lamp is striking arc. It does it along with the arc being struck 3 times and shuts down with the 3 warnings on the front (the safety switch is taped in the down position while i was taking the pictures). I have read its supposed to glow during lamp start-up. Bulb is the original Osram about 4 years old. Is the glow normal? Can i replace the square Osram bulb with a square Phillips bulb or will it need a different ballast? I included a picture,but its rather small...i have a much better shot but it was too large to be uploaded here.

[steckermonkey]

Ok...thanks anyway. Im going to replace the lamp in it only, and hope its the problem as nobody seems to know what the "glow" is coming from the ballast board.