This is how Olympus factory Service can stick it to outside repair
shops. Some of the cameras are designed with the card slots mounted to
the board, slot parts not available separately. Sometimes they are and
can be found in models of other manufacturers.
When olympus factory in the US does the work they (send it to a
subcontractor and) often don't charge the customer for the part. An
outside ship may have to spend $150 on the part alone. If the guy you
were talking to was from an authorized shop, this may be why the camera
was "beyondo". An "authorized" shop is always looking for ways to make
extra money because they get reimbursed almost nothing for being
required to service cameras that are under the 1 year warranty. All the
manufacturers are doing this, along with refusing to sell service manuals.
John
CPS, Inc.
On 1/27/2008 12:15:57 AM, Andrew Fildes (afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Which reminds me that I was talking to a repairman the other day -
> he'd just had his first E-510 in. xD card forced in the wrong way
> around and bent the pins, shorting out the main board. Uneconomical
> to repair. Ouch.
> He was not too complimentary about the general construction -
> something about the card slots being soldered on to the main board
> which means that if the slot is damaged, the camera may be a write
> off. Might be an idea to use the cable thingy instead of pulling the
> cards like I always do.
> Reminds me of that old Apple laptop problem where a damaged port
> meant a new motherboard.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 27/01/2008, at 2:36 PM, Manuel Viet wrote:
>
> > There's
> a physical notch on new cards for this purpose. If you happen
> > to have an old laptop, never use the bft* method to fit any card in.
> >
> > --
> > Manuel Viet
> >
> > *blunt force trauma.
>
>
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