Can we talk about the actual failure rate of ribbon cables in old point-and-shoots?

I was reading a repair manual for a late 90s Olympus and it said over 60% of the 'lens error' faults were just a single ribbon cable needing re-seating. Anyone else find that one part causes most of a model's problems?

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the_james1d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, that "single ribbon cable" thing is SPOT ON. I've fixed three Olympus Stylus Epics where the lens just needed that one flex cable pushed back into its connector. The latch gets weak and it works loose over time.

kim_hart71d ago

Honestly I always assumed those cameras were just dead for good. Hearing it's often just that one cable makes me want to dig my old one out of the drawer. Might be a simple fix after all.