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"Big Bill" <bill@pipping.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 05:42:26 GMT, "Fred"
> <testing@testing1212mouse.com> wrote:
>
> >Have had this camera a long time but all of a sudden, it started giving
me
> >the "battery empty" message right after I install 4 new batteries.
> >
> >IT'S NOT THE BATTERIES OR THE BATTERY CONNECTIONS.
> >
> >Nothing special happened the day it started -- I had taken about
> >100 photos with no problem, then when the batteries ran out, I put in 4
new
> >ones and got 2 photos before "battery empty" message came up. Same ever
> >since.
> >
> >Wonder if anyone had this problem come up on this or a similar model?
> >
> >Thanks!!
> >Fred
> >
> >
> Fred, I've worked as a mechanic,and now I work on computers.
> POne thing I've learned doing this is to ask: "How do you KNOW it's
> not the batteries?"
> The reason I ask is this: when experience says *this* is the problem,
> and customer says *this* isn't the problem, *this* is the first thing
> I check. And guess what? *This* is usually the problem.
> So when you're asked, "How do you know it's not the batteries", you're
> being asked because bad or marginal batteries cause exactly the
> problems you present.
> Yes, there are other things that can cause this. And Oly cameras in
> particular seem to have a problem with their power systems on their
> PCBs. But still, even on Olys, it *usually* the batteries, and unless
> you can assure us that you've actually done some tests that will
> remove batteries as the problem, that question will still be asked.
> If you were to take the camera to an Oly service center, and assure
> them that IT'S NOT THE BATTERIES, the first thing they will do is
> insert known good batteries. It's the way troubleshooting goes. First,
> you eliminate the obvious. Second, never listen to the customer when
> he insists the obvious isn't the problem, *especially* when it's so
> trivial to check anyway.
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> Bill Funk
> Change "g" to "a"
Thanks Bill, but as I have said ad nauseum, I too first checked the
obvious -- batteries, (new batteries, old batteries, etc....), battery
contacts, is the door closed, are the switches making contact.
Now that this is addressed for the fifty millionth time, ...... on to the
power circuit. Anyone have a schematic?
"Big Bill" <bill@pipping.com> wrote in message
news:f7ofp05j4rkt9usu2pn102p52q9tmlcc2s@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 05:42:26 GMT, "Fred"
> <testing@testing1212mouse.com> wrote:
>
> >Have had this camera a long time but all of a sudden, it started giving
me
> >the "battery empty" message right after I install 4 new batteries.
> >
> >IT'S NOT THE BATTERIES OR THE BATTERY CONNECTIONS.
> >
> >Nothing special happened the day it started -- I had taken about
> >100 photos with no problem, then when the batteries ran out, I put in 4
new
> >ones and got 2 photos before "battery empty" message came up. Same ever
> >since.
> >
> >Wonder if anyone had this problem come up on this or a similar model?
> >
> >Thanks!!
> >Fred
> >
> >
> Fred, I've worked as a mechanic,and now I work on computers.
> POne thing I've learned doing this is to ask: "How do you KNOW it's
> not the batteries?"
> The reason I ask is this: when experience says *this* is the problem,
> and customer says *this* isn't the problem, *this* is the first thing
> I check. And guess what? *This* is usually the problem.
> So when you're asked, "How do you know it's not the batteries", you're
> being asked because bad or marginal batteries cause exactly the
> problems you present.
> Yes, there are other things that can cause this. And Oly cameras in
> particular seem to have a problem with their power systems on their
> PCBs. But still, even on Olys, it *usually* the batteries, and unless
> you can assure us that you've actually done some tests that will
> remove batteries as the problem, that question will still be asked.
> If you were to take the camera to an Oly service center, and assure
> them that IT'S NOT THE BATTERIES, the first thing they will do is
> insert known good batteries. It's the way troubleshooting goes. First,
> you eliminate the obvious. Second, never listen to the customer when
> he insists the obvious isn't the problem, *especially* when it's so
> trivial to check anyway.
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> Bill Funk
> Change "g" to "a"
Thanks Bill, but as I have said ad nauseum, I too first checked the
obvious -- batteries, (new batteries, old batteries, etc....), battery
contacts, is the door closed, are the switches making contact.
Now that this is addressed for the fifty millionth time, ...... on to the
power circuit. Anyone have a schematic?