Canon PowerShot S80 Flash Replacement

Written By: BrettH

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Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

30 - 45 minutes

Introduction

This guide serves to replace a faulty flash mechanism.

Tools

Step 1

Remove the knot on the wrist lanyard.
Remove the battery and the memory card.

Step 2

Begin removing the screws on the bottom of the outer casing.
Next, remove the rest of the screws from the outer casing.

Step 3

Gently pull the front cover off of the camera.

Step 4

Open the "A/V Out Digital" cover. Remove the screw inside.
Gently pull off the back casing.
Remove the black "L" shaped piece of metal.

Step 5

Remove the three screws that are holding the screen in place. Free the screen from the underlying components.
Be careful with the ribbon wire that is still attached on the left side of the screen.

Step 6

With the spudger, gently lift the black flap that is holding the wide ribbon cable wire in place.
Unplug the wide ribbon cable.
Unplug the narrow ribbon cable to free the LCD screen from the camera body.

The author failed to mention a couple things. First, the screen is in a holder which you remove, then after pulling off some electrical tape, you have to yank the actual screen out. Second, I only had two screws to pull the screen holder out, not three. Third, the thing that you have to pull to get the screen ribbon cable out is actually a tiny black hinge, so don't worry if it suddenly snaps back. Finally, to put the thing back together, it really helps if you have a tweezers to get the ribbon cables back into place.

and fyi replacement screens available from canon parts department for about 50 bucks.

steven -