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I have a Sony A300. When I turn on the live view screen, I only see a bunch of vertical lines on the screen and cannot see anything that I try to display (ie. menu, display, prior photo's, or the actual live view). Any thoughts? just a screen problem or something internal? Thanks

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Sorry to say your LCD screen is cracked, it happens a lot with the Sony DSLR-A300 and A350. The solution is to remove the cracked LCD and replace it with a new one. The repair isn't that difficult, but you have to be careful removing the LCD or you will break a latch holds two FPC cables together and then will have to replace yet another part that takes MUCH more labor.

I did a Google search for "sony a300 lcd repair" and at #2 I saw an online digital camera repair shop that has done tons of this repair over the last few years.

Hope this helps!

Thomas Drayton
Owner, Darntoothysam.com Digital Camera Repair

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