Tv problems.

[Matt Macdowel]

I was watching tv and all of a saddon it just turned off this happen like 5 miniutes ago BUT my wii and clock are still on but the tv well turn on but the screen like well make a weird noise and it welll turn off so i don't know what to do.

[Mr. Foxer]

We aren't your personal repairmen so can you please stop posting these threads? If you want help call a TV repairman or your cable company. But I will ask, have you tryed plugging the power cable into another outlet?

[Guest Julius Quasar]

We aren't your personal repairmen so can you please stop posting these threads? If you want help call a TV repairman or your cable company.

There's no need to be rude to him (and everyone else), jeez. 

I was watching tv and all of a saddon it just turned off this happen like 5 miniutes ago BUT my wii and clock are still on but the tv well turn on but the screen like well make a weird noise and it welll turn off so i don't know what to do.

How old is your TV?  What brand/type of TV is it?  You need to be more specific, Matt.

...and as Mr. Foxer said, you should try to plug the power cable into another outlet.

The TV itself may just be too old.  Heck, Plasma Screen TV's die in a few years or so (that's why they're so cheap).

If you're using an LCD screen, it might be a "heat issue" from the screen, especially if the screen isn't able to cool down (due to it sometimes being located in a poorly ventilated cabinet/wall shelf)

[Sabre]

or it could be the auto turn off. Some TVs have that for people who fall asleep in front of them.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

or it could be the auto turn off. Some TVs have that for people who fall asleep in front of them.

Oh, yeah, "Sleep Mode".  

Yeah, you may have to reset that, Matt, or select the "Off/Disable" option for it.

[ThePointingMan]

For this... Yeah I'd agree with Mr. Foxer... as for trying to help... nop anything I woulda saids already been said.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

*hits Matt's TV, gets it working again* "...'EEEEEYYYYY!" 

(seriously, though, don't do that, not unless it's a 1950's Philco brand TV) :lol:

[Vy'drach]

*hits Matt's TV, gets it working again* "...'EEEEEYYYYY!" 

(seriously, though, don't do that, not unless it's a 1950's Philco brand TV)

I lawled, Julius.

Anyway, about the TV working, I dunno how to fix it, I tend just hold my electrics up with a knife if they start failing, which is why my monitor has a gash across its frame. Though that tactic does work most of the time. (The gash was put there the one time it didn't work, hasn't not worked since)

[Sarita]

There's no need to be rude to him (and everyone else), jeez.

Actually, I agree. I think he should check Google before he asks us. You're more likely to get something off Google, and faster.

And I do think posting this many topics asking for tech help is annoying. I'm pretty sure there's at least one general tech help thread around here somewhere.

[Matt Macdowel]

i did google it but nothing comes up + i can't do it today for well i am having alot of bad luck i should say it but every time i turn it on it makes a weird noise and then turns off i don't see the screen come on and im having friends this weekend and i was gonna show them The conduit!

[Eagle Kammback]

OK, I know exactly what is wrong, and I will tell you the tools you need to fix it

hammer

WD40

Duct Tape

I'm sure you can figure it out from there

[Asper Sarnoff]

OK, I know exactly what is wrong, and I will tell you the tools you need to fix it

hammer

WD40

Duct Tape

I'm sure you can figure it out from there

If it doesn't move, and it should, use WD40! If it moves, and it shouldn't, use the tape!

If everything else fails, get hold of the biggest hammer you can get your hands on!

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Actually, I agree. I think he should check Google before he asks us. You're more likely to get something off Google, and faster.

And I do think posting this many topics asking for tech help is annoying. I'm pretty sure there's at least one general tech help thread around here somewhere.

I never said I didn't agree with him.

Back OT,

Matt, don't try to fix the screen/monitor yourself, you could seriously hurt yourself and/or wreck the TV and void any/all warranties.  Call a repair man.

[DZComposer]

What kind of TV is it? CRT (old TVs)? LCD? Plasma? Projection?

Can't say for sure, but if it's a CRT, you could have a tube failure. It could also be the power supply. Since most TVs are not user repairable and have become disposable (there aren't many TV repair shops left), it is likely you will need a new one.

[Matt Macdowel]

this is the exact same one that i am using.

[DZComposer]

Did you notice any picture defects (weird colors, lines, off-center picture, etc) before it went off?

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Your TV does seem a bit..."dated", and "budget friendly"...it may be time to get a new[er] one.

Yours is a typical type of convex screen tv, you could probably get one just like it at your local electronics store for a good deal.

If a riot breaks out in your neighborhood,

just get one at a "5 finger discount"! (just kidding).

A buddy o' mine had a tv like that (thanks for the pic), and he had similar problems as it wore out, got older, so he e-recycled it, and got a newer one.  He said it would've cost more to fix than to replace.

[Guest FoXXX]

I have a TV similar to that, I can hear the TV turn on, but no picture, I whack it on the side and it works again :S

Played too much SF on it :o

[Guest Julius Quasar]

I have a TV similar to that, I can hear the TV turn on, but no picture, I whack it on the side and it works again :S

Played too much SF on it

*whacks your TV* "...'EEEEYYYYY!"

Yep...they don't make 'em like they used to.  I remembered seeing those old sets, and how you could buy a part for them to fix them yourself, be replacing a burnt out tube, or a burnt out coil.  Those were the days.

[Guest FoXXX]

*whacks your TV* "...'EEEEYYYYY!"

Yep...they don't make 'em like they used to.  I remembered seeing those old sets, and how you could buy a part for them to fix them yourself, be replacing a burnt out tube, or a burnt out coil.  Those were the days.

Everything nowadays you have to take to a shop to have fixed lol

One of the reasons I still use a 12 year old TV, still works fine, and does the job just as good as those HD TVs lol

[Guest Julius Quasar]

That's true.  It's not so much that no one knows how to fix anything anymore, but the fact that everything made nowadays is designed so you can't do it yourself, you gotta bring it into a shop.

Cars, appliances, yep...we used to make that stuff, and fix it ourselves...self-reliance is dying.

"Boy the way Glenn Miller played..."

"Moves that were a hit parade!"

"Guys like me, we had it made...."

"Those were the days!"

*they play the piano as they sing this*

[Guest FoXXX]

That's true.  It's not so much that no one knows how to fix anything anymore, but the fact that everything made nowadays is designed so you can't do it yourself, you gotta bring it into a shop.

Cars, appliances, yep...we used to make that stuff, and fix it ourselves...self-reliance is dying.

"Boy the way Glenn Miller played..."

"Moves that were a hit parade!"

"Guys like me, we had it made...."

"Those were the days!"

*they play the piano as they sing this*

They played that in All in the Family, right?

*Imagines Fox and Krystal singing the opening to All in the Family together* :)

[Matt Macdowel]

Did you notice any picture defects (weird colors, lines, off-center picture, etc) before it went off?

well if i remember it right i had my tv on bright where the picture,tint,brightness you know were all at the very right i think i don't remember though but just that. i think the screen just diead or something. I had my TV for like years i am not sure how long but we had it for a long time.

[Matt Macdowel]

so what do i do to fix it!

[Guest FoXXX]

so what do i do to fix it!

Slap it like you're slapping Krystal's ass! :D