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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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cool off before you work on it. After you turn it off, the fan will run for

a while to cool the lamp. If that isn’t an option, be very careful where

you touch to avoid burning yourself.

• Projector lamps have a relatively short life (usually a few thousand

hours) compared to most other display components. They’re

expensive, but otherwise simple to replace. Keep a spare lamp on

hand; not only will you be ready to save the day when one burns out

before a big executive meeting, but a spare lamp will help you rule out

lamp issues when troubleshooting a projector.

• Speaking of replacement parts, keep some spare batteries around for

the remote. Most projectors are mounted in a hard-to-reach location. If

the projector won’t respond, try swapping out the remote’s batteries

before you break out a ladder to reach the projector’s physical buttons.

• Projectors have a fan to cool off the lamp. If the fan goes out or the

filter gets clogged, the lamp could overheat. The screen may suddenly

go black if it goes into an overheat shutdown. Trying to turn the

projector immediately back on to troubleshoot the issue may not work

at all. If it does, it certainly won’t help the main problem.

• Like any display that goes unused for long enough, a projector might

go into sleep mode. They’ll usually wake up if you use the computer or

press the right button on the remote. If the projector is clearly running

but there’s no image on screen, you may have to reboot it.

• Some projectors compose a full-color image from multiple LCDs. If

the image has incorrect color patterns such as a strong tint, one or more

of these panels may have failed. If you have strange or flickering color

on a DLP projector, you could be dealing with a failing color wheel

assembly.

Above all else, don’t get too focused on the fact that you’re dealing with a

projector when you have to troubleshoot one. It’s easy to jump straight to

projector-specific solutions and miss simple problems like a poorly connected

cable, or a laptop that isn’t configured to extend or mirror its display to the

projector.

Beyond A+

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