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Canon M100 - no turn on, BUT - green blinking light and clicking sound

Started Jan 18, 2022 | Discussions thread
J Peters Contributing Member • Posts: 759
Re: Canon M100 - no turn on, BUT - green blinking light and clicking sound
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Cosmos_camera wrote:

Hello all,

I got this Canon M100 from ebay sold as "not working / spare parts".

I have tried it with new battery and SD card but I get a weird behavior that I have not seen mentioned.

Whenever I press the ON/OFF button, OR the WIFI, OR the PLAYBACK button, I get the little green light (next to the power button) flasshing 5 times quickly and the last flash stays on for a split second more (total flashing time about 2 seconds), and at the same time I hear a very faint clicking sound (three faint fast clicks).

I have tried to tether with USB. Using EOS Utility, the PC recognises that a USB device has been connected when I power on the camera (I hear the usual beep in windows) but then it disconnects and the EOS utility states "Failed to communicate with camera. Check connections."

I have opened the back cover and from what I can tell the camera looks pristine inside (i.e. no evidence of water or cables being disconnected).

Is this a normal behavior for a bricked M100? Could it be something else which is repairable?

Best to all!!

I would suspect that the sequence of flashes is communicating an error code - for example 4 short, 1 long could be trying to tell you Error Code 41. But I can find no such thing documented.

Have you tried it with the lens removed (obviously it won't take photos this way, but does it power up at least)?

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