Canon PowerShot A540 is Back in Action

Published on February 28th, 2009 - 8:42 am - by Josh | Add a comment below

Category: Technical Stuff

There really is a good excuse for the lack of posts and pictures lately.  I dropped our camera onto our kitchen tile right after we got back from our Ohio Christmas trip.  After it happened I messed around with it for awhile and eventually determined that it was still mostly functional, but the screen was showing all grey.

So at this point I had to decide whether it was worth it to try and repair it or just buy a new one.   I took it apart and after a little bit of googling I came across the Canon replacement parts phone number and found out that the replacement screen was only about $40.  Figuring $40 was better than about $140 for a new equivalent camera, I ordered one.  The picture is of the old LCD after I got it out and put the new one in.  All in all, it was a pretty easy fix, just a few screws holding the camera together and a bunch of little snaps holding the screen in place.  The hardest part was probably plugging in the little ribbon cables and folding them behind the screen.

It had been killing us not being able to take pictures of Ali and Xavier for nearly two months, so I’m very thankful we finally got the camera functioning again.  Stay posted for new pictures!

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