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Hello all, I have a Vizio E500i-B1 50-inch TV that is about 4.5 years old. It currently power cycles every few seconds. I will see the Vizio logo and then a few seconds later it will reboot again. I’ve pulled the power plug and held down the power button for 1 minute, and that didn’t seem to help. I thought it might have something to do with the Fire stick I was using, but I plugged in a different Fire stick and it’s still doing the same thing. It just started last night. I’m obviously out of the Vizio warranty period. Can you guys give me any ideas about what I could possibly replace and if it’s something that I could even do? I’m just trying to justify whether it makes sense to replace a part or just replace the whole TV? Thanks. Blair
@blairr219 try the whole restart thing again. Remove everything connected to your TV (including Fire Stick, Sat, Cable box, sound board etc.). Then disconnect the power plug to the TV. Hold the power button depressed for something like a minute or so. Now connect one video input source. Stay away from fire stick, cable box etc. but use a local source. Something like DVD/BR/Game console. connect it and then plug your TV in. try to turn it on and see if that made a difference. If it did not it is most likely a power board or main board issue. For that you will have to remove the back cover and take a god look at the boards etc. for any obvious damage. Post some good pictures with your question so that we can see what you see. Adding images to an existing question Remember that Vizio doesn’t care for any DIY repair and will be of no help to this. Schematics are rarely available etc. so we are on our own with that one :-)
