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  • Jamaican Jew
    FFR Player
    • Jun 2006
    • 254
    #1

    For anyone who is electronically savvy

    My Kodak camera was dropped some time ago, and now when I turn it on the screen flashes for an instant before going black again. In this instant I can catch a glimpse of the main screen, which has reverted to the main startup menu; almost as if the camera has restarted itself. (Which is what I am assuming happened.)
    Is there any amount of tinkering or other means of fixing this problem on my own? I haven't needed the thing until now, and if a home-remedy can be achieved, I'd be exceedingly happy.
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    • Tokzic
      FFR Player
      • May 2005
      • 6878
      #2
      Re: For anyone who is electronically savvy

      I have some experience in fixing electronics but that sounds like something that would need to be seen to be fixed. =/

      From the sounds of it, it could be you loosened some part of the wiring.

      Last edited by Tokzic: Today at 11:59 PM. Reason: wait what

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        • Jamaican Jew
          FFR Player
          • Jun 2006
          • 254
          #3
          Re: For anyone who is electronically savvy

          I went to the Best Buy in the mall, but the girl behind the counter was new or something, and only offered: "Well we might be able to fix it, but I'm not sure."
          Thanks lady. I'm not wasting my time with someone so useless.

          I just don't want to open everything up and complicate a problem that might be solved WITHOUT having to get a new camera.
          Too bad you're not in VA, Tokzic.

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            • Icefenix45560
              FFR Player
              • Sep 2005
              • 106
              #4
              Re: For anyone who is electronically savvy

              The way many electronics are made today, the chips are so tightly packed and are very hard to repair. However, from what it sounds like, the inverter of the LCD screen may have gone bad/knocked loose as this happened in my laptop a bit ago. But, the bad part about this is that the repair for that may end up costing enough money that you could just buy a new one. And BTW. I live in VA.

              Try pointing a flashlight at the LCD and if you can kinda still see images/the menus, then that is the problem.

              EDIT-----
              After IMING him about it and testing the camera. The problem is related to a short that the LCD is causing on the flex connector. This is a fairly common issue if a camera gets dropped, because the case shifts a little and applys pressure to the LCD's connection to the mainboard of the camera, and in this case, causing a short. Problem Solved ^_^
              Last edited by Icefenix45560; 01-8-2007, 04:29 PM.

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                • angel-d
                  FFR Player
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 278
                  #5
                  Re: For anyone who is electronically savvy

                  Did you check that the batteries were charged up.
                  Although i didn't drop my camera, when the batteries are dead, the screen flashes up for a second when i turn it on and then it dies again.

                  I'm guessing you do have charged batteries in it, but i just wanted to check, just in case.

                  Good luck getting it fixed =D

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