"NSM" writes:

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| Have this almost-new but out of warranty D-460Z camera. Everything
| works perfectly, except the flash won't charge up.
|
| I took off the cover and I see a flash capacitor, a little transformer,
| a few surface-mount capacitors, a 3-mm sized transistor, a 1-mm
| transistor (I think), and that's about it.
|
| The bigger transistor has approx 5.2 volts on all its leads.

While it's charging? Have you 'scoped it?

The bigger transistor is probably the chopper. Since there's voltage on it,
probably good but check it.

Does the flash cap charge at all (should go to 300 V or os)?

Much more info and typical schematics in the Strobe FAQ at the site below.

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