Vincent
I had fixed a friends Camera witch had a same problem as yours.
You have to down
load File name : fwdc110p
I did save this file on the root directory of the flash card.
Then I fully charged the battery (I got this idea from the Pentax site)
I opened the "secret menu" by pressing the MENU-FLASH and the POWER button at the same time.
Once menu opened, I pressed the FOCUS button twice then
(FLOWER, MOUNTAIN, MF) symbol twice after this two toggles to the right
with the OK button.
Then press the MENU button once again.
So the menu screen open now.
Down toggle of the OK button, go to ROM UPDATE then go down to "SYSTEM INITIAL" and press OK.
Press another OK to re-initialize your camera.
Once this has been done, turn your camera off.
Turn camera on again opening your camera with the
MENU+Power ON procedure...finally this should be posting "Complete"
after the "Loading"
When it shows Complete, turn camera off.
You are finished and your camera should be ready to work again.
At least this is how I fixed my friends A90 error message.
The firm ware is here: http://www.badongo.com/file/707791
If you have problem finding it or down loading it.
Send me an email to [email protected] with Pentax Optio in the subject
line and I will email it to you.
From internet:
An A90 error means that there is a electrical fault on the main printed circuit board, and can only be repaired by sending the camera in for repair through your Pentax dealer.
I hope that your question has been answered to your satisfaction.
With kind regards,
Wim van Kleef
Pentax Digital Camera Support Team
(with cut and paste from ; )http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1028&message=23626964
my sugesstion is after reading this go to your pentax supplier and ask them for a investigation repair (the don't repair yet but investigate what is defect and how much the repair costs would be (normaly is that you pay a amount of money and mostly it is deducted from the repair bill if you decide to let it be fixt. (ask them if they would act so , otherwhise sue them for a not good product)
SOURCE: ERROR A90
OK Guys...After fidgitting for hours on this with the bits & pieces
on this forum & on others...here's how I got it to finally work:
A- I have a Pentax Opio S hence I had to get the "fwdc110p.bin" file here:
http://www.pentax.de/mediapool/attachments/photo/100/104/46139/fwdc110p.zip
Optio S4, S4i & S5i shall use another file. Don't really know for
S4 but for S4i & S5i, there on the Pentax customer service website
at:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/customer_care/software_firmware?sfFlag=f
B- Drop this file on your SD Card at the root directory (same level as
DCIM folder) or as described by the following link and then close your
camera to OFF:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/customer_care/show_firmware?firmId=1020
Attention: Do not load this file yet onto the camera i.e. the menu+power on procedure, follow step C first...
C- Open the now infamous "Secret Menu" in order to re-initialize your camera prior to re-installing the new firm ware:
Simultaneously press MENU + Flash symbol button + Power ON...a white screen with data written in black should show.
Then a sequence of buttons must be pressed: 2 times the focus button
(flower, mountain, MF symbols button) followed by 2 toggles to the
Right of the "OK" button...then press MENU once and voilà...ze Secret
Menu appears !
Using the down toggle of the OK button, go to "SYSTEM INITIAL" and press OK. Press another OK to re-initialize your camera.
Once this has been completed, turn your camera off.
D- Load the firm ware by opening your camera with the MENU+Power ON
procedure...finally this should be posting "Complete" after the
"Loading" message, instead of the "Error!" that we initially kept on
having.
Your camera should be working perfectly ! Only thing, is that you will
have to redo your personal settings on it from scratch...but hey, this
is much better than to wait for months to get your camera back from
Pentax and save that money for your next photogenic trip !
SOURCE: ERROR A90
I just fixed a
friends Pentax Optio S.
I do have the firm ware file it is 1.222kb in size,
it is in zip format.
File name : fwdc110p
I did save this file on
the flash card.
Then I fully charged the battery (I got this from the
Pentax site)
I opened the "secret menu" by pressing the MENU-FLASH and the
POWER button at the same time.
Once menu opened, I pressed the FOCUS twice then (FLOWER,
MOUNTAIN, MF) symbol twice after this two toggles to the right with the OK
button.
Then press the MENU button once again.
So the menu screen open
now.
Down toggle of the OK button, go to ROM UPDATE then go down to "SYSTEM
INITIAL" and press OK. Press another OK to re-initialize your camera.
Once
this has been done, turn your camera off.
Turn camera on again opening your camera with the MENU+Power ON
procedure...finally this should be posting "Complete" after the "Loading"
When it shows Complete, turn camera off.
You are finished and your
camera should be ready to work again.
At least this is how I fixed my
friends A90 error message.
The firm ware is here: http://www.badongo.com/file/707791
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