I was watching my Samsung HLR5078W yesterday when I heard a pop or a clunk sound followed by a loud humming or vibrating noise & a pinkish color flicker. I immediately turned it off by remote, now when I plug it in the lamp light flashes and the humming starts & stops like it's trying to reset itself this continues for approx. 20-30 secs then the TV shuts itself down. Anyone know what this is??
Your lamp burst. This model uses a lamp housing which does not have a filter screen on it. When the lamp bursts, hot pieces of glass and mercury (very toxic) drop straight down into the cooling fan below it. Although FixYa.com (implies I'm suppose to tell you how to fix it) I am going to tell you to call a servicer and have them clean that mess out of there. It's a health issue, I don't want someone unknowingly exposed to mercury on my watch. Let the servicer know what he is getting into. I hope this helps.
A capacitor inside might have blown, fell to the bottom of the case. Open up the tv, if you can, and see if any Caps are blown, pushed up, or burnt.
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