Holy Shit..... HAHAHAHA It worked!!!!! I guess you knock the cammera at last resource and saw it becomes alive... Thanx!!!

oohhhhhhh my god!! i try again and now is working , you saved me!!! you are my heroe!! i'm from chile south america thank you thank you sorry for the bad writing

hi bob it didn't work for me . what can i do?

I'll admit that I was skeptical, but to my surprise it worked like a charm! Thank you so much Bob, you're a lifesaver!

It sounds crazy, but it really does work! tapped on it a few times and it was good as new!

Bob Allen, you are a genius! Thanks so much for your help!

You are a genius! After about 2 hours dealing with sony when my camera abruptly stop working, i stumbled upon this site.I didnt have the same problem(my pics became splotchy and veryyy weird looking), but it is the same camera.I did as you said and my camera is back working perfectly!Save myself $111.00!!

Bob, Thanks for the fix!

Hi Bob: Thanks for the tip. Actually when my daughter's DSC-S40 did the white screen thing, we did a "Fonzi" by hitting it on the table and it worked for awhile. When it happened again, anyway I hit it just would not fix it. So I gave up and bought a used S40 on ebay. When I received it yesterday it had the white screen thing when I first powered it on. I did another Fonzi to it and was working again. I disassembled the first one looking for something lose, I could not find anything, then after I reassembled it, the camera worked again! Now with 2 of these I might try a more permanent fix. I'll send an email to get the "Open the camera solution". Thanks from all the responses it looks like you found the right Fonzi for this one! Jack

Hi, Bob! Thank you for taking the time to post your solution. It worked for me too! And thanks to all people who answered and made the site so easily accessible from google. Out of curiosity: why do you think this works? Is it temporary, or did you see it stay for good? (It justs seems too good to be true..) Thanks again! I'll go take some pictures now! :))