(1) Clean all your connections with the best contact cleaner/enhancer on the market!.....Crystal Clear contact cleaner/enhancer $$$25 from www.thecablepro.com (2) Put a little Teflon Tape from Wal-Mart on all your AC plug's prongs! ( Take about 3 inches of teflon tape and wrape it around each ac plug prong and then push them all the way up the prongs )