How to change battery door sony dsc-s500

SOURCE: Sony Cybershot DSC-S500 battery cover

Contact Sony directly and purchase a new cover. They are around $4 and are easy to replace.

SOURCE: Sony cyber-shot DSC-S500

If you open the camera up, whick I know is an intricate task, and take the screen down but don't unplug it, at the right bottom their is something that resembles a watch battery, if you can figure out how to get it off and find a replacement it will be fixed... This battery serves a a sort of memory power, even though you have batteries, this battery keeps the memory for the camera's software, so inturn without it the camera is dead in the water. this is fixable!

SOURCE: Battery door to Sony Cyber shot DSC-S500 is broken

Hey jspo my cyber-shot just did the same thing. Where did you get your replacement part exactly? Was it expensive?

SOURCE: NEED SOFTWARE FOR CHANGES IN SNAPS

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SOURCE: Downloaded driver for cybershot dsc s500, then try to interface camera with computer, pc doesnt see the camera in control panel or my computer removable hard drive.

Sony has the roughest firmware known to man for digital cameras. If running Windows XP or Vista you can simply connect the camera to the USB port and let the computer do the rest. Picbrige works the best for it downloads the quickest. Picbrige will be on your cameras list of choices to use for downloading