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48G won't turn on, any suggestions? - lemontea - 05-23-2017 05:32 AM
Everything looks good and clean outside. No corroded battery contacts.
I checked batteries with a multimeter. All good.
Tried pressing and twisting the unit a little, nothing works.
Suggestions? Thanks.
RE: 48G won't turn on, any suggestions? - Joe Horn - 05-23-2017 06:10 AM
Try the old trick of pressing the ON key WHILE pressing down on the bezel just below the LCD and just above the B and C keys. It's amazing how many "dead" 48's can be turned on this way.
RE: 48G won't turn on, any suggestions? - lemontea - 05-23-2017 06:45 AM
(05-23-2017 06:10 AM)Joe Horn Wrote: Try the old trick of pressing the ON key WHILE pressing down on the bezel just below the LCD and just above the B and C keys. It's amazing how many "dead" 48's can be turned on this way.
Yes that's exactly what I did.
I will try again, with more force...
Any other suggestions if this doesn't work? Last (very last) resort will be to... open it and see...
RE: 48G won't turn on, any suggestions? - pier4r - 05-23-2017 09:45 PM
In my explorations of the general forum I do remember some posts talking about shorting contacts. So you may search this forum using Google ad hoc searches, maybe you get useful hints.
I'm sorry I don't have precise links.
RE: 48G won't turn on, any suggestions? - lemontea - 05-23-2017 11:31 PM
(05-23-2017 09:45 PM)pier4r Wrote: In my explorations of the general forum I do remember some posts talking about shorting contacts. So you may search this forum using Google ad hoc searches, maybe you get useful hints.
I'm sorry I don't have precise links.
OK thanks, let me see what I can find.
Otherwise... will have to do the POP and SNAP... which I really want to avoid.