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My sony alpha a77 screen looks like this.
I take it to repair with a tech in my home town, he said that the principal circuit was damaged and he can't repair or replace it. What I need to do to bring my camera back to work?
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@jlcastemtz I am not certain how the determination was made that this is an issue with the "principal circuit" (not sure what is meant by that). I would start with a new LCD and check the flex cables to ensure that they are properly seated. Start with the easy stuff first.
I recognize that the on screen menu is still displaying, but the possibility of a bad LCD is still there.
Before anything else, you do want to try a different memory card. You also want to repalce your main battery. It is possible that it can't deliver max power demanded and the voltage will drop too low, causing a mis-operation. It may recover to quickly for the camera to register it as a power error. If that does not do anything,there is a small battery (BH3101) on the mainboard.
Replace that and see if that will help. Check for corrosion around the battery case on that board.If nothing happened to the camera, there must be a relative simple explanation, but since the viewfinder and the LCD display the same thing there is always the chance it is the image sensor or a failed shutter. Remember to start with the easy things. New battery, new memory card and then a hard reset
Reset your camera to the default settings:
1.Select Menu -> Setup -> Initialize on the camera.
2.Select Reset Default.
3.Select OK.
4.Wait more than 10 seconds. (Do not care if the LCD screen of the camera turns off, or not)
5.Remove the power source ( battery or AC adapter ) from the camera.
6.Attach the power source ( battery or AC adapter ) back to the camera. Let me know if the schematic etc. would help you with the repair.
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The thing is that when you put your eye near to the camera to see the little inside screen it happens too. Is not only on the big display and when I take a picture it crash and appeara and error.
I see. Good that you let us know all those details, they are important. Can you tell us what error your camera is showing when you take a picture? did anything happen to the camera before this showed up? did it get dropped or water damage?
It doesn´t say what error is, it just shows a little msg on the info display saying "Err". The image display or the bigger display goes black and nothing works after that. It takes a few secs after I take the shot to drop me that error. Anything happen to the camera before this, I left it on the case for a few months because I was busy with other stuff then I wanted to use it and the error appear
My camera still damaged. Can't find the error.
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I have the exact same issue with a 77 I just got with just 6k frames. I already have 99 and 99ii, but wanted the 24mp cropped sensor for other stuff. Incredible test results until a couple of days ago, when I found I had to reset with battery out. Worked again after a couple of tries but then devolved into the green and white screen issue. Now I can't do a thing. Genuine Sony batteries fully charged. I'm thinking image sensor faults as the playback function and menu work. I'm returning for refund and will get the 77ii instead.
I agree that it's disgusting that Sony has no fix for what looks like a common terminal issue.
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I had this issue for over 5 years !!
I stumbled on the fix while messing around with the articulating screen mechanism.
The LCD cable was the culprit.
I bought one , but the issue could be fixed with a ‘spacer’
(YMMV)
Hope it helps someone.
Naveen
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Naveen Ravi Kumar- what do you mean by a 'spacer?" Please elaborate with details, step by step to correct the issue. Thanks so much!
Could you be more specific about how you solve this please mine still not working
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@jlcastemtz does it still take pictures properly? Is the issue only with your display?
by oldturkey03
No, it doesn't take pictures. It marks an error when I want to take a picture. This issue appears not only on the big display, it appears on the eye display of the camera.
by Jose Luis Castellanos
Just wanted to check and see if you ever got a fix for your camera. Mine had been in my bag for a few months. It is doing the exact same thing. I don’t think mine is a screen problem. I can view photos off of a memory card.
by tim.spivey61
Still broken. Any good news about your camera?
by Jose Luis Castellanos
My a77 does the same thing !!! Help!!!!
by Ezequiel Cionna
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