Panasonic DMC-ZS1 Digital Camera "stranger things" Questions

...could be wrong with it before I fully tear this thing open and give it a thorough look (I am no stranger to opening up cameras, but I want to know what to look for before I look for it...stuck ...

...stranger is that when I removed the memory card from my computer and took a few pics using only the camera's memory and tried transfering them onto my computer, everything went fine, no problems at ...

stranger things have happened I guess). Any ideas, as camera has ptp utility on it...tried looking to see if any settings could be changed on camera, but couldnt see anything obvious....thanks What is

But when it does work (which seems more and more random these days) it is fine. What makes it even stranger is that when the CTBP message pops up, if I press the play button, then it will show me the

...Stranger things have happened. Some cards have lock / unlock tabs that are so flimsy that it seems that you can "will" them to move. Try placing a small amount of tape in such a way that the tab is ...