Bob - too cool! I did as you said and with one sharp rap of the knuckles....zap my screen is back. Thanks a million or at least $110!

This is unbelievable. We have two of these in our office and both were having the screen issues. Prior to finding this post, I smacked the first one as is usual for last ditch technical efforts, on it came. Just for amusement, I googled the issue and found this post. I applied the same technical service to the second camera, and again it began operating correctly. I guess sometimes brute force is the accepted method.

Thanks it worked for me also.

Hi Neil, Stephen and Loftey: Glad to hear that the simple fix worked for all of you as well. Since Sony advised me it would be a minimum of $111.00 for the Repair Service fee to fix our Sony DSC-S40...consider this a free gift from us to all of you. Keep snappin' those pics! Bob Allen and Family Ther Allen's of Allentown, PA

My daughter has the white screen problem with her DSC-S40 also. I sent the "free fix" message to her to try. How long has yours been "fixed?" Where should we sent info about this camera to Sony to get a recall going? Bill