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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

How come failing devices work again after they have been off for several days?

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How come failing devices work again after they have been off for several days?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

So one day my DSLR stopped working, it doesn’t turn on anymore. I removed battery, recharged it to make sure it has juice but camera still doesn’t turn on.

I found a YouTube video suggesting to remove sd card, battery, lens overnight and should work the next day. But it didn’t happen for me. So i just let it sit there on its bag for 2 weeks. I completely forgot about it and today it started working again after putting the battery in and sd card.

What happened there?

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Varies device to device, but it could have been a thermal shutdown. It got too hot and stopped working. Starting working again when it cooled off enough.

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