You should have silver battery cap and make sure bottom cover screws are
tight. Those 2 things alone may stop the squealing.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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From: "Curtis P. Hedman" <Curtis.P.Hedman-1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 11:05 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-4 continuous tone?
>I had a weird occurrence today with my OM-4... I walked past my camera
> cabinet and heard this high pitched electronic squeal coming from
> somewhere; checking closely, I found it to be coming from my OM-4. I had
> pulled it out of the cabinet a day or so ago and checked the batteries
> only
> to find them "dead" per the battery check switch. At the time I did not
> remove or change the weak/dead batteries. When I pulled the OM-4 off the
> shelf, it was humming away, and when I switched to the Battery Check
> position I got a brief chirp at the right frequency for the battery check,
> then nothing (no red light on the front, either). Shortly thereafter the
> continuous whine resumed, continuing until I removed the batteries.
> Putting
> the spent batteries back restarted the squeal. I checked the old batteries
> with a loading meter and they tested well down into the "replace" zone...
>
> So anyway, the question is, what was going on? Has anyone else experienced
> these strange wailings from their OM-4s? Did I do any permanent damage? I
> haven't replaced the batteries and done any sort of testing yet - any
> ideas
> what I should look for? This OM-4 came to me as one with relatively high
> current drain, and periodically it seems to lock up electronically,
> clearing up fine with a press of the "Battery Check" switch...
>
> Curt Hedman
>
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