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My eos digital rebel ds6041 won’t turn on anymore any suggestions?

melscorr
Apprentice

Basically I left the power button on the on switch overnight unknowingly, and in the morning I switched it off and back on and the camera wouldn't turn on anymore. I have taken the battery, sd card, and lens off overnight for multiple days at a time and it still has not worked. I’ve charged the battery numerous times to 100% and used a multi meter to check the battery voltage and the battery is just fine, does anyone have any recommendations or knowledge on how to get the camera working again it is a canon eos digital rebel DS6041 from 2005.

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deebatman316
Elite
Elite

I would try using a spare battery to see if it can power up. Also there should be a coin cell battery in the camera too. Its located in the battery compartment next to the main battery. Id replace it to be safe that its not dead. Take it out and press the shutter button for 30 seconds and reinstall that battery along with the main battery. Then see if the camera will power up. Also your camera doesn't use an SD Card it uses CF Cards those are today mainly seen in Professional grade cameras. If this doesn't fix it its time to look into a new camera.

-Demetrius
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Retired Gear: EOS 40D, EF 50mm F/1.8 STM & EF 70-210mm F/4
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT

I just replaced the coin battery and still nothing. Probably start to look at new cameras if a new main battery and cf card don’t work. Thank you though!

This is the OG Digital Rebel, circa 2000-ish.

It used CF cards. Back when I was a tech, one of the number one things that people had problems with this camera was putting the CF card in slightly improperly, which allowed one of the pins to bend. Some of those pins carry power, so if one pin bends into another that is carrying power, it can cause the main board to short circuit. 

To see if this is the issue, take your card out and shine a light down in the slot. You should see two rows of perfectly aligned pins. If you see any space between two of them, it's a bent pin. Basically it will look like :::::::::::::::::::::::::   if you see ::::::::.:::::::::::::::: or :::::/:::::::::::::::::: that's a problem because a pin is missing/bent.

I just checked and no broken or bent pins 

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