6 hours ago
- Author bought a broken Canon 7D Mark II for €180, sold as 'for parts only'.
- Symptoms included black LCD, no autofocus on half-press, but shutter worked and cleaning sensor display appeared on power off.
- Suspected the shutter button was stuck in half-pressed state, similar to behavior on their 600D.
- Disassembly revealed many flexible circuits (FFC and FPC) and careful screw tracking was needed.
- Help from Magic Lantern developers on Discord pointed to the N3 external connector's AF signal.
- Troubleshooting showed the AF pin on the N3 connector was at 1.027V instead of 3.3V, likely due to a damaged internal pull-up.
- Fix: added a 100k pull-up resistor from the AF signal to a 3.3V point on the main PCB, restoring full functionality.
- No spare parts were required; the repair was successful and the camera worked fully afterward.