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Look Ma! My 56Flash is broken; Do not try this at home... or anywhere
Topic Started: Feb 11 2008, 11:24 PM (1,898 Views)
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SSC told me my 56 flash is not serviceable due to severe leaked battery corrosion on motherboard.

So what to do? Take back and dump aside?

Beside heart pain, I got nothing to lose so I "operated" on my flash yesterday. The surgery took me 5hrs.. Open up, cleaned up the alkaline mess.. put it back .. and ..etc etc ... until I realised I forgot to sleep and it's 4am.....

I did meticulously take out screws with care and special note of which screws go where. Believe me there are screws of same colours but 3 different length. Do not mix up. Secondly .. the wiring.. its confusing here and there .. Thirdly.. it's a nigthmare when you put everything back and you find a loose spring lying outside .... And finally the hilarious one . I let you see the picture.. So all in all I open up the flash 3 times!

For those interested to know how it looked like inside .. here it is..

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Another picture.. top view

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Wow ...

So did you manage to "put humpty dumpty back together again"? ... and get it working?

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Put them back .. but it's not working .. My flash still flashes but picture is dim. Tried mount on camera, tried off camera cable, tried wireless.. all DIM, just like before..

Maybe I didnt clean the right places .. need to open up again .. but not now

About the hilarious part .. this is the picture ... :sofunny:
Happened to put the display upside down .. (so had to open up again ... ) :knock:

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OK I must admit not for the faint hearted and those not good at putting stuff back.. And definitely not on your working flash!
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:faint: Your signature inside the LCD also !

What you gonna do now ? F36 & F56 gone ... ? This sat go MS to MO 2 pieces .
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I think your 56 need another plastic surgery liao. :sofunny:
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Feb 11 2008, 11:43 PM
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What you gonna do now ? F36 & F56 gone ... ? This sat go MS to MO 2 pieces .

My flash and macro photography cheong each other .. not fated. Both time macro outing my flash suffered..

My 36 salvageable.. aready ordered the spare part .. will fix it myself. For 56.. currently no stock .. wait list. Buy second hand one lor.
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Feb 11 2008, 11:45 PM
I think your 56 need another plastic surgery liao. :sofunny:

No need.. if you look carefully at the display.. my F56 has a LCD protector!
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When was it you forgot to sleep until you realised its 4am ? :P

By the way , where do you buy 2nd hand flash for Alpha ?
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Feb 11 2008, 11:50 PM
When was it you forgot to sleep until you realised its 4am ? :P

By the way , where do you buy 2nd hand flash for Alpha ?

Yes forgot.. :idea: :wacko: :blink:

Old minolta version la.. nobody sells alpha flash yet .. except F36?
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