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Old 02-10-2012, 10:09 PM
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I had to do mine. It actually lost part of the wheel. The little plastic wheel rotating at high speed actually vibrated the whole cabinet. Loud, violent noise. But replacing it's pretty easy. I recommend this for perhaps the best DIY on the web.

"The first time, I took out quite a bit more screws and cables than necessary. I did it again to write this article and now you don't need to think about all that." Martyred himself to take pics and the write-up.

How To Replace the Color Wheel in Your Samsung DLP Television and Save $400

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I was not confident the color wheel was the only issue. If I were I would have kept it. I didn't want to replace it and have it still not work and have to dump a few hundred more into it when i can get a new TV of the same size for only a couple hundred more.
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