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  • pentium
    Badcaps Legend
    • Mar 2006
    • 2778
    • Canada

    #1

    I think my projector is sead.

    Well today I found in the trash an Infocus LP425 projector with almost all it's cables.
    I dragged it home and tested it out. The bulb was fine but after the bulb got bright enough to cause something to project I saw the problem.
    The screen was white with color distortion on the lower right side and halfway across the left side of the screen was a sea of blacl specks (dead pixels).
    What are the chances that either this is an easy fix or that I need to start searching again?
    Find Nedry!


    Check the Vending machines!!

    <----Computer says I need more beer.
  • starfury1
    Badcaps Legend
    • May 2006
    • 1256

    #2
    Re: I think my projector is sead.

    well I know nothing about them apart from expensive in all respects

    From what I understand, the chances of anybody doing component level repair is slim....the equivalent of valve jockey repairs these days...replace pcb charge $$$$

    So you maybe lucky and catch some problem no one was prepared to go looking for

    But I'll have to leave it open for those that are in the know here

    here a page link with a few specs and a user manual pdf

    maybe of some help
    You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you may be swept off to." Bilbo Baggins ...

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    • pentium
      Badcaps Legend
      • Mar 2006
      • 2778
      • Canada

      #3
      Re: I think my projector is sead.

      At least this was no loss to me.
      I now have something to tinker with.
      Find Nedry!


      Check the Vending machines!!

      <----Computer says I need more beer.

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      • pentium
        Badcaps Legend
        • Mar 2006
        • 2778
        • Canada

        #4
        Re: I think my projector is sead.

        Ha!
        I slapped the projector a few times and I got a picture.
        It looks like a cold joint.
        Find Nedry!


        Check the Vending machines!!

        <----Computer says I need more beer.

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        • kc8adu
          Super Moderator
          • Nov 2003
          • 8832
          • U.S.A!

          #5
          Re: I think my projector is sead.

          if you still have the mess on the screen try blowing it out.
          had one a while back that looked like that.it was infested with roaches.
          the black specks can also be from a past bulb explosion.

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          • starfury1
            Badcaps Legend
            • May 2006
            • 1256

            #6
            Re: I think my projector is sead.

            yeah thats sort of what I mean you could be lucky no ones even bothered to try and fix it
            After they got a quote most likely $$$$$$
            binned it and when and bough a new one for a 3rd the price or less

            hope for you its a simple fix....make it a great score for nixs

            roaches oh how I had roaches.
            You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you may be swept off to." Bilbo Baggins ...

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            • pentium
              Badcaps Legend
              • Mar 2006
              • 2778
              • Canada

              #7
              Re: I think my projector is sead.

              the black specks can also be from a past bulb explosion.
              That all vanishes when I smack it hard enough to get the video to come back.
              Once the video does return it's crystal clear with no visible dead pixels.
              Find Nedry!


              Check the Vending machines!!

              <----Computer says I need more beer.

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              • kc8adu
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 8832
                • U.S.A!

                #8
                Re: I think my projector is sead.

                cold solder joints.
                they may be hard to spot and rework without a good magnifier and iron.

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