At 08:09 PM 3/21/2012, you wrote:
>You have my support. I'm gonna have to get a new camera, it seems (mine
>won't come on at all anymore).
>
>Detlef
This may be a foolish question, but have you tried replacing the 
battery? Batteries+ has a wide selection of camera (and other things) 
batteries.
         -Tivar Moondragon