Hello everybody, this is my first post.
I've joined this place because I like opening up the guts of broken things to see if there's anything I can fix (usually nothing more than a broken wire or something) but I cannot see why I should not step that up and get into circuit boards.
I've bought this flashgun from eBay with the problem described in this video (please see the video because it is relevant to the behaviour or the circuit).
When I first got it, I could press the buttons, and would see the response on the LCD.
When I once hit the switch (S-off), I heard loud noise from the flash zoom motor and it stopped responding. It became like you see it in the video below.
Now I have opened it and found out there were no borken wires, no capacitors that are visually damaged, but one component was off.
http://i39.tinypic.com/58f12.jpg
And this is where it belonged on the board:
http://i42.tinypic.com/1zldmbs.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/5d8g7.jpg
I soldered it where it belonged and in the right direction (I don't know what this component is, but I could tell the direction from the remaining "pink" material on the board where it was broken). But.. nothing happened. Everything is still exactly the same as in the video.
I also tried testing the component with a multimeter for ohmage, but no response, so not likely a conductor.
Can you please help? I want to know what this componenet is, what it does, and if anyone has any idea why the flashgun is behaving this way.
Your passing by is much appreciated.
Regards
I've joined this place because I like opening up the guts of broken things to see if there's anything I can fix (usually nothing more than a broken wire or something) but I cannot see why I should not step that up and get into circuit boards.
I've bought this flashgun from eBay with the problem described in this video (please see the video because it is relevant to the behaviour or the circuit).
When I first got it, I could press the buttons, and would see the response on the LCD.
When I once hit the switch (S-off), I heard loud noise from the flash zoom motor and it stopped responding. It became like you see it in the video below.
Now I have opened it and found out there were no borken wires, no capacitors that are visually damaged, but one component was off.
http://i39.tinypic.com/58f12.jpg
And this is where it belonged on the board:
http://i42.tinypic.com/1zldmbs.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/5d8g7.jpg
I soldered it where it belonged and in the right direction (I don't know what this component is, but I could tell the direction from the remaining "pink" material on the board where it was broken). But.. nothing happened. Everything is still exactly the same as in the video.
I also tried testing the component with a multimeter for ohmage, but no response, so not likely a conductor.
Can you please help? I want to know what this componenet is, what it does, and if anyone has any idea why the flashgun is behaving this way.
Your passing by is much appreciated.
Regards