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Dell Projector 1800MP Lamp light/Power bottom Blinks orange and wont turn on at all!!
Well i bought this projector in christmas of 06 and has been working great till now... i was gonna watch a movie the other night and didnt power on i saw the the Lamp light and power botton was blinking orange i check the manuel and it said it might be a malfuntion of the projector. I gave Dell a call and they where saying it was the bulb the guy didn seem like he really didnt know what he was talking about...he gave me a number to call for out of warrenty dell products...the guy told me it might be the bulb or it might be the projector...(like if i didnt already know that)...i tryed turning it on and nothing turns on the light just blinks...Has anyone have this problem and tryed changing the bulb?... I dont want to buy a new bulb and it turns out to be the projector?...can anyone help?...
MM42
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October 24th, 2011 22:00
That is awsome, did you take pictures of your work? i have it disassembled but im having trouble locating the 3300u 10v capacitor, much appreciated if you post it or send me a copy that would be so cool to see or if you video taped that would be even better check out the skills. thank you for posting.
MM42
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October 24th, 2011 22:00
that is awsome , curious if you took a picture of the bad pocessor on the mother board or video taped it. I have it apart now i just need to locate.
Viziks
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October 25th, 2011 02:00
I did not take a picture but there is an image on this forum check this link :
en.community.dell.com/.../19642282.aspx
mooredesigns4u
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October 25th, 2011 07:00
If any of you don't feel up to the task of doing this repair yourself there is a guy posting over on Fixya that does the repair for $40 plus shipping. A lot of people appear to have been having him do the repairs with good results. I am one of them.
fivehamptons
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April 17th, 2012 11:00
Did you ever get a response to this post. I have the same problem as you guys.
tbrank
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April 17th, 2012 15:00
Had my unit repaired about a year ago. Repairman suggested that I not keep it plugged up when not in use. Repair cost was $180.
mooredesigns4u
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April 17th, 2012 16:00
Look at the post that is two above this. The guy on Fixya is still repairing these. He does this for $40 plus shipping. Check him out if you want it done right and for the right price.
dedoe
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January 29th, 2013 09:00
Sounds like the same issue I have seen. Just changed a bulb in two projectors with the same symptom. I needed to rule out the bulb because my gut feeling was the orange blinking light did not seem like a lamp issue. I tried anyway since I had a new spare bulb. It is definately not the bulb. I believe it to be a system board failure. There is no sound, no fan coming on or any power other than the orange blinking lamp and power light that is ever so faint.
Thank you for providing the phone number! Honestly, my gut feeling tells me that an NEC can be purchased for slightly more and it is better to buy a product that has better customer service on projectors.
rallyarmor
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May 8th, 2014 21:00
Thanks for this information! do you happen to have a pic or a screenshot of where the capacitor location would be found? thank you!
JestB
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May 9th, 2014 06:00
There was some pics in this forum but they disappear. I'll try to send them back asap.
JestB
srogers573
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May 9th, 2014 07:00
zeroparallax
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June 2nd, 2014 15:00
About the capacitor:
There's a YouTube video going by the title "dell 1800mp" that shows where the bad capacitor is. And any capacitor you use to replace the faulty one should have a height of less than 30mm, perhaps even shorter. I used a 3300uF 13mm diameter ~25mm height radial capacitor rated at 16V (identified as CAT# 3300R16). I found it for 70 cents at a local electronics store in Van Nuys, California, called All Electronics Corporation.
mooredesigns4u
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June 2nd, 2014 20:00
If you leave the projector plugged in constantly it will again fail with the capacitor you are using. The capacitor used in this application is a capacitor with a high ripple current rating. The general purpose capacitors being sold in most electronic stores are not rated for this use. A shorter, smaller capacitor will fail even more quickly. I design power supplies for a living and researched the original capacitor and its ratings. Repairing with a general purpose capacitor may serve your purpose if it is not plugged in continuously. If plugged in continuously, you can expect to do this repair again.