My Nikon Coolpix 4600 digital camera stopped working the other day.  It just wouldn’t turn on.  When I hit the power button, the LED on the top would start blinking.  For a while.  The camera must have been doing something, though, because it’d drain a pair of batteries in just a few minutes.

An online search revealed a number of people who had the same problem.  The “solutions” offered usually fell into one of two categories:  send the camera off to be repaired (a hard reset and a firmware upgrade) at a cost of $30 to $100, or pitch the camera and buy a new one.

I finally stumbled onto the answer:  remove the memory card, put in new batteries, and hold down the “Image Review” button while simultaneously pressing the “On” button.  That reset whatever weird mode the camera was in, and now it’s working just fine.  Sure beats either of the recommended solutions.