After writing the post above, I went back to try something else out on the 3000D, and in Movie Mode, the screen displays correctly, but no buttons work again, then after pressing several buttons including the shutter, the camera came to life, working...
Hi, did anyone find a fix for this issue? I have just acquired a 3000D (same as 4000D) with the same issue. The display works when no SD card inserted - it has the message "No Card", but no button works, cannot access any menus. With an SD card ins...
FYI, I just had a 700D with exactly the same issue. Fortunately I did have another faulty 700D and could swap parts, I tried swapping the top including the flash and the issue remained. I then swapped just the DC power board and it fixed the issue....