My vado is turned off and will not turn on, even when plugged in and red light is on

I wonder if the internal battery has failed. Link to Creative Support, see if they do repairs.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Creative+Vado+HD+repair

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you have a power fault and it needs a tv engineer to fix it

It sounds like you have a bad battery. Here is your replacement battery:
http://www.pcrepairshop.org/all-502394-B002653KNQ-Creative_Labs_Rechargeable_Lithium_Ion_Battery_for_Vado_HD_Camcorder.html

I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jeremy_69f3cc28d95bf514

Pull the battery. Put the battery back in. Press on. Don't walk away. Why? Because in 3 minutes of inactivity, it goes to a standby mode. If you succeed in getting it on, while it is on, plug in into the computer. Avoid plugging it into the computer when it is off.

It might have a bad battery even it it appears fully charged. The following source may have a battery for this:

Welcome to The PC Repair Shop

This camera is at "end of life cycle" maaning support for it is limited to what is online.

https://www.creative.com/myvado/products/faq.aspx

https://static.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/1780.pdf

http://support.creative.com/scripts/getprod.aspx?ID=18108

You have to pull the battery and then put it back in. Don't plug it into the computer unless its on, otherwise it won't turn on when you unplug it.........not sure why it does that.

This Is caused by one of the two heat sinks not
making full contact to the tops of the chips.

It is likely that when you screwed down the heat sink
you got a slight gap and the heatsink compound
seeped away from the gap creating a air pocket.

Open the console and tilt the C.P.U's heatsink from side to
side as you turn it on and you should find a sweet spot
where the fan speed will start to drop. If that's the case
then simply remove and reinstall ,making sure its flush
with the chips

The second problem is the Internal thermocouple connection
under the G.P.U. has a open connection . in witch case you
will need to have the G.P.U. reflowed ( resolder ) back to the
board.

if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Rob

You can only hope that the drop has dislodged the drive from the internal connections in the case and has not damaged the drive. You'll have to figure out how to get the case apart.

Remove the battery. Camera will turn off. Put the battery back in, hopefully it will restart. Worked for me. Good luck.

my dacor ER36G oven will not ignite. The top range works perfectly. When I turn on the oven, I don't even hear the gas or the ignition sequence as I used to. The heat preset light just blinks and the oven will not engage. I have reset the circuit breakers just in case, but nothing works.

Is there a slight or faint image still in the background?