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Power Outage

Forum discussion tagged with Power Outage.
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    Solved! Toshiba TV 42TL515U won't turn on after power outage

    Toshiba 42TL515U tv wouldn't turn on after power outage? Clicks 1 time and fan turns on then shuts off when I plug in. I replaced power supply board and same thing. I found a refurbished main board and sucked it up, bought and installed. Now the tv turns on, ( no lights, just click and fan)...
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    Solved! tv screen black

    I have a Sharp Aquos 70" TV model LC-70LE660U. It went out during a storm and power outage and may even possibly got wet a little. Now whenever i turn the set on all i get is the stanby light on and a black screen and the back lights flashes every 1 minute.
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    After a power outage my tv won’t turn off. Model LC-70LE660U

    After a power outage my Sharp tv won’t turn off. Model LC-70LE660U
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    Yamaha RX-V769 loss of video output after a power outage

    I have a yamaha RX-V769 receiver with HDMI inputs from an Xfinity DVR box, Apple TV, sony blu-ray and XboxOne. The receiver outputs to a panasonic plasma TV. I've had the same setup (except for the xobxone which was purchased last year) since I bought the receiver in 2016. It has worked...
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    How to fix games that are slow after power outage

    I was using the laptop conected to electricity when there was power outage. I inserted the batter and when I ran my games, they were all slow
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    Brand New Windows 10 Laptop Suddenly Powers Off - Desperate, Have Tried Everything I Could Think Of

    Brand new laptop (Jumper EZBook 3L Pro, Windows 10 Home Build 16299.371) suddenly powered off after a couple hours of use on battery (when battery level was about 30%) without warning and just a short static sound when the screen goes off, like cutting off the power supply on a desktop, not like...
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    My Samsung UN46ES6150S lost the picture following a 5-minute power outage

    Samsung tv broken after brief power outage.... I get sound but no video.... I tried swapping the hdmicables, etc. Also, the standby light seems to blink noticeably now Thank U!! Steve Hildebrandt
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    MSI GS70 Stealth won't turn on.

    Hi. I've been using an MSi GS70 Stealth for the past couple of years. Last night, I was playing a game and I think I yanked the power cable by accident. This has happened before and I'd usually just plug back in and reboot, but now it's not powering on at all. All I get is a white led for a...
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    Laptop turns off if power cable is removed fast or if mains shuts off (as happens a lot on the train)

    Hi! My old Asus Notebook has this odd behaviour since a few weeks that it shuts off if the power cable gets ripped out of the socket, the cabel is removed fast from the plug-in port or, if the main power vanishes (like it happens a lot during train travel). The battery itself is still fine and...
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    Toshiba flatscreen won't respond after power outage

    Brief power outage occurred....TV would not work at all once the power outage ended. Tried unplugging it...checked breaker...absolutely nothing working
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    My Dell latitude constantly turns off everytime I turn it on. It sometimes makes it to the home screen mostly does not...

    My Dell latitude constantly turns off everytime I turn it on. It sometimes makes it to my home screen and sometimes it powers off during the start up... Every once in awhile it will let me get 15minutes to an hour into a project, video, or game etc. before *POOF* it just cuts off. HELP!
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    Dell Pavilion 570 Desktop, Amber Light.

    My pretty old Dell desktop has the dreaded amber light issue, where one random it refused to power up. I tried most everything, and noticed in the back the green light was on indicating it was recieving power (possibly, i dont really know what that means.) I tried multiple monitors, all the same...
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    Laptop not turning on properly

    My asus laptop stopped functioning properly after I used a new charger. The charger's output is 19.5 volt and my laptop takes 19 volt. In the shop, my laptop was functioning properly with the new charger. I brought it home and left it charge all night since the battery was completely depleted of...
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    Laptop power off suudenly

    I have a dell inspiron 15r turbo 7520. Recently it has started strange behavior. it power offs suddenly. No error no message no blue screen of death. I cleaned the cpu fan, applied new thermal paste thinking that it may be related to overheating but it didnt work. i checked my thermals with...
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    Solved! Laptop Battery Icon Shows 0% (Not Charging); Laptop stayed on during power outage

    Hello! I have a question. My parents have a Toshiba Satellite s55-s5377 laptop. For the longest time, the laptop has been showing no battery (0%; not charging). See below: http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e235/RaptorMoonX/battery_replace.png Today at 16:10 the power went out for around 20...
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    Pioneer SC35 No HDMI Out After Power Outage

    Short: No HDMI output from Pioneer SC35 after a power outage. Details: After power outage, no audio nor video coming out of the SC35 receiver. Tried the normal sequence of removing power, disconnecting HDMI inputs and outputs, reconnecting inputs and outputs, reapplying power and doing a...
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    Alienware 13 Won't Boot

    Hey guys, My Alienware 13 stopped working all of a sudden after a power outage (the alienware was plugged in to an outlet when it happened) I was busy around the time I discovered that it stopped booting so I let it sit there for a few days. Now I'm trying to get it to work again. When I press...
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    after power outage tv will not power up

    After the power goes off the tv will not power up . We. Have unplug for a day 24 hrs. And it will reset sometimes my panasonic 50" 3 years old what's up with this?
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    Gaming FPS dropped after power failure on the laptop.

    I was playing Warframe on my HP Pavilion 15-P045TX laptop. I used to get around 50 FPS normally. An hour ago i unplugged the laptop charger and the FPS dropped to around 5 FPS. I used to run the game in normal FPS even without the power input. But this time i don't know what happened but the...
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    Dell inspiron battery

    After a brief power outage, my battery has been disabled in by Dell Inspirion laptop. How do I enable it again?