New TV got fried rant

[PythonWallace]

I bought a 32" flat panel TV in September. It's awesome, but Our power went out on Saturday night, and now the TV won't turn on. I didn't buy the extended plan, so I have to figure out where I'll have to ship the screen to to get it fixed. I'll be hitting up Craigslist to find an old box to replace it until I eventually get it fixed and returned. I don't watch a lot of TV, but it was my computer monitor, too.

[jkobylka]

sorry man, that's super frusting! gl getting it fixed...

[Reediculous]

this is going to sound really stupid, but did you unplug it and plug it back in? I have run into this problem a couple of times in my line of work, and it has worked for me! "sometimes"

[PythonWallace]

this is going to sound really stupid, but did you unplug it and plug it back in? I have run into this problem a couple of times in my line of work, and it has worked for me! "sometimes"

That's the first thing I did. Then I unplugged it for 10 minutes when it didn't work. Then over night. To my surprise, it still didn't work in the morning.

[Reediculous]

That's the first thing I did. Then I unplugged it for 10 minutes when it didn't work. Then over night. To my surprise, it still didn't work in the morning.

man that stinks man.......hopefully it's an easy fix!

[PythonWallace]

Probably needs a new motherboard. I'm not sure if the power supplies on LCDs can get fried without causing other damage. We'll see what happens.

[MarkS]

I had a neighbor once who lost most of his electronic equipment due to a power surge/outage. He ended up getting the power company to pay him for most of the replacement costs. You might want to look into that to see if it's a possibility for you.

Mark

[PythonWallace]

Do you know how he did that?

[elevatethis]

What brand was it?

I had a 32" Magnavox LCD that did the same thing. Luckily it was under warranty. It needed a new motherboard - had it not been under warranty, the parts and labor cost to repair would have been more than the cost of the TV to begin with....I saw the invoice for the parts at the repair shop...insane...

[PythonWallace]

It's under warranty for another 10 months, but the brand is Element, so I'm worried that I'll have to ship it to Hong Kong or something to get it fixed. I never heard of Element before I bought the TV, but it had a better picture than the one I originally went to buy.