Getting it apart is fairly messy. Putting it back together is hell.
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Learn by Destroying(tm), which means that if you have trashed a
It should just fall off. It's held in place by 3 plastic "latch" tabs
Dunno. If you look at the links I posted, the author doesn't evenThanks for your response Jeff, but nothing is falling off!
The 3 tabs in the photo are part of the front cover as in:
Make sure you have all the screws removed. The rest is jiggling,
Seperate. It's very clear in the photos. Please look at them again.
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On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:56:58 -0800 (PST), Inno
inno.dubel...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for your response Jeff, but nothing is falling off!
Dunno. If you look at the links I posted, the author doesn't even
bother mentioning removing the top because it falls off so easily. No
clue what's happening.
So the 3 plastic latch tabs that were holding the back cover are part
of the front cover, not part of the chassis?
The 3 tabs in the photo are part of the front cover as in:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V6cT1OQdG4c/Smx27O1J4UI/AAAAAAAAAdo/ZeXbm2e...
As I recall, once you release the 3 tabs, and assuming you removed all
the screws shown in:
http://camerarepaired.blogspot.com/2009/07/disassembling-canon-powers...
the plastic should just fall off.
The top edge of the
front cover is very tight and cannot be persuaded off, even though we
have the bottom loose.
Make sure you have all the screws removed. The rest is jiggling,
wiggling, and prying. Just resist the temptation to apply brute
force.
Is the curved part on the front that covers the batteries (below the
zoom control) part of the front parnel, or is separate? Can't get
either one loose, separately or together. If separate, which comes
off first?
Seperate. It's very clear in the photos. Please look at them again.
The back comes off first, then the top, then the front, and then part
of the battery mess.
By the way, none of the buttons on the back panel are working. Also
the zoom control does not work, the camera automatically goes to 24X
zoom when turned on. The shutter usually does not work.
Any ideas? I assume the electronic module behind the back push
buttons is screwed, but would that mess up the zoom too? Anyway to
test this module? It looks fine, not corrosion, no apparent water
damage.
http://www.pictureline.com/newsletter/article.php?id=454
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PgComSmModDisplayAct....
Well, that's a different problem.
My guess(tm) is that one of the ribbon connectors has either fallen
loose, or is now filled with dirty water and corrosion.
I can't tell from here what died, but unless you have replacement
electronics and parts handy, or the problem is trivial, this adventure
is not going to lead to a repaired camera. I don't have a service
manual or schematic so I can't identify which chips does what. Sorry.
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