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ok here we go hope you can help really dont want to spend a ton of money to fix
just hope to get the right part the first time.

samsung HL-R5067R
I HAVE HAD THE TV FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS
AT YEAR 3.5 IF YOU WATCH THE TV EVEN FOR JUST A FEW
MINUTES AND TURNED IT OFF YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT
FOR HOURS BEFORE IT WOULD COME BACK ON REPLACED THE LAMP
BUT STILL HAD THE SAME PROB. JUST LEARD TO LIVE WITH IT

NOW THE BIG ONE, WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL i have been reading all the post
turn the tv on and it makes the beeping noise,power board clicks , and you hear the
color wheel start to spin but the lamp never lights up, and then the three lights light up on the front after it it tries to start three times, i switched out the lamp with the old one
it never went bad so thought it might still work , nope still wont come on, took out the color
wheel and it spins freely and is not damaged, checked the cover plate switch its ok, cleand out the inside,
while its trying to power up if you disconnect the ballast input connector (black and white wire) the lamp will light up
for about 4 seconds but then goes out and the tv never turns on, theres no clicking on the ballast board, and the color wheel whines a little but not to much, only at start up just a spinning noise,all the fans are working fine

so help please is it the ballast? or the color wheel? or what? maybe a stuck thermo?
love the tv would love to fix but dont need a money pit

Hi Mike,

With your situation description there is a very good chance that ballast is bad or power supply. There is also a slim chance that color wheel is bad (which I doubt):

To troubleshoot color wheel:
Try to turn ON the TV and put your hand on the back side near the lamp, if you feel a vibration when the wheel is speeding up. Than the color wheel is unbalance, and that affects directly the performance since it will not spin at normal speed (5000 RPMS). So the wheel will need to be replace.

Power Supply:
You can test it by checking the voltage that comes from the power supply to the ballast, it should be 350V. If you dont have that reading, than power supply is not feeding the ballast with the necessary voltage. And you will need to change this board.

Ballast:
There is not much to do to troubleshoot the ballast, you can reset the lamp timer, since ballast might be sending voltage for a old lamp and not for a new one. You can reset with the instructions on following link:
http://www.fixyourdlp.com/2007/02/15/re ... r-counter/

I hope this info helps resolve your issue, if you have questions dont hesitate to ask!!!
Regards,