Gateway fpd1530--Did I kill it?

[MeanUncleBob]

When I was given this a couple weeks ago the lamps would come on for a second or so and then go off. I looked it over and found no obvious bad things. I was thinking projector project so was foolish enough to pull the plug on one of the lamps to see what would happen. It would not come on and still will not after plugging it back in. I dimly remember a warning about dismembering these for projectors that (I think) said that you might need something to put some kind of load on that circuit.

I have only a cheap and poorly reviewed multitester and limited (very) knowledge of how to use it.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[mcfischer]

Re: Gateway fpd1530--Did I kill it?

I have fixed many of these. Always the same fix.
Replace the two 1Uf caps on the edge of the power board, between the lamp plugs. I use 2.2 Uf and after over a year no recalls on 50+ units.
Monitor Mike

[rokkaholik]

Re: Gateway fpd1530--Did I kill it?

Could you possibly post a picture of the two caps you're referring to mcfischer? Thanks in advance