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Standby is on the tv but it will not power on. its a magnavox 32" plasma. there was a lightening storm near my house on the day that it stopped working and the tv was not plugged into a surge protector.
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Your TV might very easily be destroyed now, from lightening damage. Lightening can come in on the cable, on the power line, all sorts of unexpected ways. I've personally been struck by lightening, plenty hard enough to destroy almost any electronic device... and I was working in a basement at the time.
Look to see if the rear video/audio inputs work (DVD etc) and if they do the damage is at the tuner in the set (nearby lightening can discharge into the cable or wires for signal.)
If using a box (cable or satellite) it may have took the hit.
A good idea if lightening storm is to not only unplug set (static discharge can come in via the power cord also) but disconnect signal source from set.
I have in extreme cases seen a nearby strike get in via the power lines and destroy almost every appliance plugged in even if not on.
You can't blame any component in the TV failing after lightening storms. Get lightening arrestors on the antenna cable and use a surge protector on the power cord before you replace the power board again.
The power source of the tv has been fried by the power surge and it must be replaced, the damage is surely to great to fix it. Pray to all your gods that the damage is limited only to the power source, otherwise the tv is truly dead.
Call a tv repairman, there's nothing more you can do. And next time when you have a storm unplug everything with electronics in the house, from every wire.
It might have been blown out by the lightening storm. that happened to two of my tvs that were plugged in during a lightening storm. they both, and two dvd players, would not work after, but the ones that were not plugged in were fine. You should unplug your major electronic equipment during a storm, unless you have a power surge plug/equipment.
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