Posted by Rick Merrill on 10/25/07 15:30

nappy wrote:
> "Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Matt wrote:
>>> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
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>>>> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> "PTravel" wrote ...
>>>>>> I've got a VX2000 with a fried 1394 port. Sony has a flat rate repair
>>>>>> of around $500, which seems a little steep for what I believe is a
>>>>>> separate module. Does anyone know any LA-area repair shops that could
>>>>>> handle this repair?
>>>>> Are service manuals and board-level repair parts still available?
>>>>> It has been a few years since I got a service manual (actually two
>>>>> large paperback 8.5x11 books) for my DSR-300.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I heard that Sony is now offering service info only on CD and
>>>>> by subscription only. A scheme that would make sense for a
>>>>> regular service organization, but is prohibitive for one-off owners.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm certain my favorite service shop here in PDX could handle
>>>>> it, but they charge $300 just for putting it on the bench, and then
>>>>> with labor (likely <30 minutes) and the repair parts, it might end
>>>>> up costing about the same as Sony's flat rate.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it were me, I would do it myself, but that would assume that I
>>>>> could get the sevice manual and the repair part(s) from Sony.
>>>>> Not that I am recommending that course to you.
>>>> Hmmmm. I'd try it, but I'd want access to the service manual. Maybe
>>>> I'll just take the ding and sell it on eBay as is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Just thought I'd point out that for the $500 Sony charges they go over
>>> the entire camera and repair most minor problems as well as clean the
>>> camera...
>> That's a very good point.
>>
>> Also, I'll bet it is not a "separate module" as the OP speculated, but a
>> chip that is sonic-soldered on the motherboard.
>>
>>
>
> unlikely that Sony's replacement would require removing any SMDs or chips.
> Most likely their solution is to replace whichever PCB contains the firewire
> interface / CPU or whatever .
>
>

Yes, I was getting to the same point.

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