HDMI Not Working After Power Surge

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Dec 14, 2016
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A while ago I had my PS3 connected to my tv through HDMI when a power surge occurred on the extension cord the PS3 was plugged into and this somehow made it so that both HDMI ports no longer work.

While i don't care for the PS3 port, is there any way I can fix this at home without the need of sending my tv in for repair?
 
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It sounds like your TV and PS3 HDMI ports are toast. But just to make sure, try other HDMI devices to your tv and see if they input anything. If not, then it's toast. I would probably come to the conclusion that you unfortunately need to send in the tv for a repair.

To prevent this from happening again, I would recommend purchasing a surge protector. It will save your electronics when a surge comes in. But remember, it needs a good amount of joules which you can learn about online and a well known brand. Tripplite and monster power are the best ones I know. You need them over your regular extension cord or power strip. They last about 10 years until you need to purchase one. It's best to purchase another one if a lot of the joules...
It sounds like your TV and PS3 HDMI ports are toast. But just to make sure, try other HDMI devices to your tv and see if they input anything. If not, then it's toast. I would probably come to the conclusion that you unfortunately need to send in the tv for a repair.

To prevent this from happening again, I would recommend purchasing a surge protector. It will save your electronics when a surge comes in. But remember, it needs a good amount of joules which you can learn about online and a well known brand. Tripplite and monster power are the best ones I know. You need them over your regular extension cord or power strip. They last about 10 years until you need to purchase one. It's best to purchase another one if a lot of the joules gone out or after a surge happened about 2-4 times. But yeah, a surge protector is really good to get to prevent it from going to your devices. You can also connect your extension cord(s) to that surge protector too, not sure about power strips as it's daisy chaining and daisy chaining a power strip to another power strip with a lot of heavy duty devices connected to it can cause issues. But extension cords might not be bad. Surge protectors don't last forever, so just purchase one after about two to four surge events or after a long time.
 
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