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

Started Jan 18, 2022 | Discussions thread
trungtran Senior Member • Posts: 1,747
Re: Canon M100 - no turn on, BUT - green blinking light and clicking sound
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Cosmos_camera wrote:

trungtran wrote:

When my Canon M3 died. It was the ribbon cable from the Tilt LCD screen.

As soon as I used the tilt, the camera would shut off. It worked intermittently until the cable finally broke apart.

It did a similiar thing of trying to power on and then shutting off.

If you are not getting anything on the display. Chances are the cable has broken apart around the bend on the LCD side.

Parts are sold on Ebay so it looks to be a common failure point.

M100 LCD Flex Cable

Many thanks for the suggestion. I have opened the back cover and I saw the ribbon cable but it seemed intact so I do not think it is this problem. TBH I am a bit hesitant to dig deeper into it (i..e to remove the inner back metal plate as well) as there are too many little screws and no youtube teardown video!

Just found a video of the same issue I had with my original M3. LED only flashes once so maybe not the same issue you have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIM9Dj_cJcc&t=25s

Just to confirm on my working M3. The LED flashes quickly 5 times. Display shows around 3rd blink.

The clicking sound is the sensor cleaning.

Maybe another M100 owner can confirm normal startup operation.

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