Cannon G9 will not power up?

Camera probably has loose screws inside that shorted it out. Try this site: www.camerasandparts.com They only work on the Powershots and they are excellent for help with these. The problem is usually that two screws inside come loose and short out the camera. The nice thing with Cameras and Parts is they do some fix to those internal screws so the problem doesn't re-occur. Plus they service up the whole camera with shipping back included for $89 all in. Not a bad deal, they do very professional work on these cameras. All the best to everyone dealing with this Canon G9 no power problem.

Ok guys this a great site my first port of call when the same thing happened to mine , but sometimes you can get bad info from people like the solution of putting tooth pick in battery compartment any way tried that nearly did more damage emailed canon and i wasnt polite not expecting a response but got one, a very nice person said send my camera to see what was wrong and at their discretion may waive charge as long as its not my fault {see what i mean about tooth pick]it was only 6 weeks out of warranty i looked at repair sheet and she did say this on her first email that loading your photos on to computer from camera is bad for camera and hey presto two weeks later the repair sheet said pc had blown a circuit in camera ,, solution after repair is a 10 pound card reader but i can honestly say that after saying i would not buy another canon now i would not buy any other, the honesty with a big company like canon surprised me, and the back up service in my opinion is second to none and from what ive been told the repair comes with full six month warranty and would not have been the 3 figure sum i read it would be. i hope this helps but dont try the battery compartment fix if you intend to send it to canon which i highly reccomend as this g9 camera is realy worth the time and money

Hi all, I had the same problem, I was frustated, in one more week my G9 will be 1 year old, so what I did and fixed it was to take a pencil, and write on the Battery contacts in circular pattern, the pencil will act like a fine sand paper, after 20 seconds per contact (battery has 3 contacts, but you knew that), I used the Eraser from the pencil and clean the connectros from the battery, OK that is the battery part, the next part is inside the battery slot on the camera, take an small screwdriver and pull a little the contacts from the camera, this will make the contacts to rise a little more. This will help so can get better contact with the battery. Now take the Eraser and clean those contacts, be sure to not leave any residue from the eraser, an PRESTO! Just put the fully charged battery inside and try again, for me it fixed it!! I really hope it works for you also, this is a GREAT CAMERA. In three more days I will have a party and I will use it as always! This saved me like 60 Dlls!! This is my e-mail if something was not clear! [email protected]

See the solutions #5 there
http://www.fixya.com/support/t1038622-canon_g9_stopped_working

I finally got mine repaired, luckily it was within the year, its definately a design fault from canon and they should replace peoples cameras and not expect us to pay for repairs, it seems from what i have read that they last about a year before dying, so i am concerned this repair will only last one more year, then bang goes £400 that i spent to buy it originally