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FoulDragon
Okay, It is and always was a piece of crap (what do you expect for 80 dollars),
but now it's not even being that anymore.
Symptoms: I left it sitting for a week or two since last use. I turned it on,
pressed "display" button. It dies. I figure "fine enough, the battery lid's
loose and the batteries are probably drained anywat". I recharge the
nickel-hydride AAs and reinstall. No signs of life, BUT....
Top screen, viewed at an odd perspective, BLINKS all possible data. Like how
if you look at a calculator screen the right way, you can see 88888888 as well
as the regular data, but 1) there's no regular data and c) it turns on and off
(it's off perhaps one second in five). You can permanently turn it off by
removing the batteries.
Tests I've done:
-Voltage coming out of the battery compartment-- 5.4 or so.
-Black wire (battery compartment to circuit board) conducts OK. I'm hesitant
near the flash capacitor so I fear the red wire contact point for testing.
-flash bulb area looks a little heat-damaged, but the parts could have been
heat-bonded or bent. The circuit board with the bulb looks like a coating is
peeling off at the corner. Possibly also normal.
No chance it's a common failure? I'd like to keep the nasty camera running a
little longer, cos the replacement budget is only in "Jolly fun 3 in 1
webcam-640x480 non-focus camera- compact-flash eater" territory now.
Unless someone wants to pity me, in which case, I want a Canon A75.
but now it's not even being that anymore.
Symptoms: I left it sitting for a week or two since last use. I turned it on,
pressed "display" button. It dies. I figure "fine enough, the battery lid's
loose and the batteries are probably drained anywat". I recharge the
nickel-hydride AAs and reinstall. No signs of life, BUT....
Top screen, viewed at an odd perspective, BLINKS all possible data. Like how
if you look at a calculator screen the right way, you can see 88888888 as well
as the regular data, but 1) there's no regular data and c) it turns on and off
(it's off perhaps one second in five). You can permanently turn it off by
removing the batteries.
Tests I've done:
-Voltage coming out of the battery compartment-- 5.4 or so.
-Black wire (battery compartment to circuit board) conducts OK. I'm hesitant
near the flash capacitor so I fear the red wire contact point for testing.
-flash bulb area looks a little heat-damaged, but the parts could have been
heat-bonded or bent. The circuit board with the bulb looks like a coating is
peeling off at the corner. Possibly also normal.
No chance it's a common failure? I'd like to keep the nasty camera running a
little longer, cos the replacement budget is only in "Jolly fun 3 in 1
webcam-640x480 non-focus camera- compact-flash eater" territory now.
Unless someone wants to pity me, in which case, I want a Canon A75.
