Sanyo PLC-XM100 LCD Projector Repair | No Power | Bad Fans 

Hello Frank, Thank you all your help to the projector repair community! I have some great news! I have gotten my hands on the official Epson projector diagnostic software! The tool is called IPS Tool, and it's referenced in Epson's internal service manuals as the way to perform many diagnostic and repair functions. All I had to do was request access from Epson, mentioning the New York State right-to-repair law. I did need to provide a proof of residence. Let me know if you have any questions!

Another great video from Frank! Unfortunately good quality and long lasting fans are critical to devices like projectors and servers, unlike common pcs that everything can be exchanged to almost everything the same size. When I started messing around with projectors I thought that projector fans are like computer fans, that everything is compatible with everything the same size, but I found out the hard way that this is untrue. Looking forward to the next one good buddy!

Nice piece of work. Takes a lot of patience and hard work to go through all that to get the machine to work again. Great job.

As always another great fix and video Frank! Thanks again for sharing the fix with us!

I enjoyed your fine work and narration.

Love the repair, thx mate ^^.

I remember stripping one of these down for parts because of what looks like the same issue - no power. They throw a lot of these out at school presumably for the same reason.

my primary school had a sanyo projector in the main hall, it was there when i started, there when i left, and was there when i went back for a visit in june last year, and they only replaced it very recently lol was a pain responding to remote control signals though, even as a 10 year old i used to curse it when it wouldn’t come on 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hey Frank. Great videos, one question unrelateted to this one: do you happen to know whether the color wheel of Optoma HD27 is compatible with the HD29H? Information is scarce.

Dear Frank, thank you so much for sharing those videos. Recently my projector ( BenQ HT2150ST ) is stuck at the power up stage. As I connect the power cable, the power indicator turns red then solid orange. After I push the power button, it is flashing green. A beep sound can be heard and the fan is running. After a few seconds, the fans stop and the indicator keeps flashing. Temp and Lamp indicators are off all the time. No light comes out from the lamp. After that, buttons or the remote control cannot even turn off the projector until I plug out the power cable. I tried to follow your videos and checked the lamp. Not much dust is found and the lamp seems not burnt out. I bought it 2022 and used it twice a month on average. I emailed BenQ but did not receive a response. Any idea or advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for your time! Bowen

Awesome video!, i recently came into possession of the cutest little projector, an inFocus LP70, however the color wheel sounded like it was brushing up against something. It sounds better now I've jiggled around the insides of the machine, but what would you personally recommend i do?

Hi Frank ... watch a bunch of your videos. Great presentation. How do I contact you? I have a Panasonic PT-RW330U projector. The issue is the HDMI port stopped working. Can you assist? Thanks, Adam.

I have an Epson home cinema 2150, I went to turn the projector on and heard a loud audible pop within seconds of powering it up. It was off for more than 12 hours prior. I figured the bulb went bad, so replaced it even though it didn't appear to be. New bulb made no difference. When it turns on all the fans go to high after about 10 seconds, the lamp goes solid orange, power button blinks blue. After about 45 seconds the fans kick off but everything continues blinking. I took everything apart expecting to see something obvious causing the loud popping noise, nothing stood out. Do you have any suggestions of things to take a look at? I couldn't find an email if there is a better way to contact you let me know. Thanks in advance for any input, love your channel Justin

Is there a way I can connect with you directly. I cant seem to find an e mail listed on here anywhere.

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Hey frank its been a while hope all is well! Ive been having a new problem with the projector where it just makes a really loud noise when i turn it on and then eventually it turns itself off, not sure if you still work on them? For a refresher this is the one that used to be white and then u swapped the shell out for a black one you had. I think youve fixed it two or three times already haha I sent this in an email but it said it was undeliverable, i have a optoma darbee

Hey Frank, just stumbled upon your videos. I have gotten myself a benq w1070 from ebay for cheap. But sadly there seems to bit of a problem when i try to use it together my my fire tv (second gen box), the beamer hdmi port works fine when using my pc as a source but when i connect it (using the same cable / tried another one too) it does recognize that there is a input source but it just shows black. Do you have any ideas :)?

Hey frank see my last comment when you have time 😄

where is the cat?

There is a client, it has power, but no lights, he tells me maybe some problems on driver.