On Aug 23, 3:32 pm, (Michael Black) wrote:

Repair first requires troubleshooting, ie figuring out by available
information about what's wrong. You "figured" it was the CCD because
you didn't get a display. But you ought to have taken some pictures,
to determine whether it was merely the display, or something earlier
on in thecamera. If it was merely the display, then you'd get lots
of good pictures.

I did take pictures which of course turned out to be blanks, and Axx
series did have problems with Sony's CCD and Canon was offering repair
(during that time I did not know, now I don't think Canon accept such
repairs.. they even didnt announced it in Europe). Anyway, the camera
is past its gaurantee limit ...

And yes, I did realize that the repair cost will be just as much as
the cost of a new camera.. and that otherwise the camera should be
discarded... that is why I opened it =)

I read several posts on digicam repair.. and I havent seen one in
which someone said with confidence that he/she was able to repair
them.. so I guess its time for a new digicam

Anyway, if anyone is interested in camera parts I would gladly send it
by post. It would be a pity if I just discard the camera. I might,
worst case, just keep it... if I have the time I can experiments on
some parts, maybe I can use the CCD sensor or the lenses to do
something cool

I actually asked because I thought maybe digicams have specialized
built.. maybe.. they have some secret mechanism that if an ordinary
radio technician opens it he will destroy the circuitry in some sort..
but I guess Im thinking too deep

Sincerely,
Jose Capco