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Offline jimbosile

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Possible broken HDMI cable
« on: August 22, 2011, 04:25:13 AM »
About an hour ago I was watching Curb from my computer on the tv, having my laptop connected by a HDMI cable. Then I wanted to watch something on my PS3, so I took the cord out of the laptop and back into the PS3. It said there was 'no signal' but it still said there was something connected to that HDMI channel, but the screen remained blank. So I put the cord back in the laptop to see if that worked, and same result. There was no signal. Does this sound like I've damaged the cord? There is no visual damage that I can see.
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Offline jimbosile

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Re: Possible broken HDMI cable
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2011, 04:57:31 AM »
An update. I tried both my PS3 and laptop on the tv in the family room using the same HDMI cable and they both worked fine. Therefore, it must be my tv. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Offline patrolboat1

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Re: Possible broken HDMI cable
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2011, 11:32:29 AM »
hdmi cables literally cost less than ten dollars. check amazon or best buy

edit: oh it's the tv, well hopefully you bought the warranty
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Offline Progmetty

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Re: Possible broken HDMI cable
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 11:37:04 AM »
Yeah the cable is fine. This happens to me often, the TV just gets weird sometimes when you disconnect the HDMI cable from a device and put it into another real fast.
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Re: Possible broken HDMI cable
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2011, 12:18:33 PM »
Turn the television on and off.
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Offline jimbosile

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Re: Possible broken HDMI cable
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2011, 10:57:19 PM »
Quote from: XJDenton on August 22, 2011, 12:18:33 PM
Turn the television on and off.

Funnily enough, everything works fine now. Thanks guys.
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