My camera wont turn off, unless I remove the battery.
My Canon EOS 500d works fine, until i want to turn it off, and the switch does nothing. The only way to turn the camera off is to remove the battery!
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My Canon EOS 500d works fine, until i want to turn it off, and the switch does nothing. The only way to turn the camera off is to remove the battery!
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It may be that the actual connector on the power button has failed with time (it is a 2009 camera..that’s a lot of button presses?) or there is something obstructing the connection (like spilled drink/dust). Try spraying compressed air to clear any debris, use a cottontip/toothbrush with isopropyl alcohol to clean any sticky stuff. Failing that you will need to remove the outer case (and quite a few other parts) to access the power button/board and change it.
This is quite a good video of the process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hymECkC... to open the camera.
powerboard ($40-100+) is available on ebay as is the connector ($14).
Good luck
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