Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100 powers up but buttons wont work

Most of the lens issues due to mechanical problem. some of the causes are dropping the camera.
Hard shake like keeping the Camera in the hand and jump through steps, Moisture condensation, Insufficient battery.. etc If If you feel that the issue is not with the above reason. Remove the battery, reinsert after 2 minutes to perform a power reset and check the operation.
If the issue persists, service may be required.
Thanks for understanding

Check for corroded or broken battery contacts.

This camera support only up to 1GB of memory stick so sorry to say the 8GB wont be read by this camera of yours.

I had exactly same issue with mine w17 and tried so many ways to fix this. Was even ready to buy some new camera instead of this Sony dsc w-17 but then found a way of resetting camera in such way: powerdown and take batteries out. Then hold "power" button for 30 seconds, release and repeat couple of times. It helped
Also if it won't work try contacting Sony online chat support - they seem to be helpful.

hi saamiya,

you may want to use a file recovery tool to get them.

http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

http://www.data-recovery-software.net/

regards,

sounds drastic but grab lens and manually help the lens go in or out. if you hear a crunching noise the gears are stripped. not economical to repair. flat rate usually exceeds price of new cam.

Its due to slow shutter speed setting.
If you want to take moving object picture, set high speed shutter, there would an icon of golf stick that is for moving object pictures.

I had same problem and found out after leaving the battery out for an extended time (4 hours) it totally reset and worked. The initialize function on the camera did not work.

I think you DSC W 100 is windows xp compatible. However; you can download your software here: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=DSCW100&LOC=3

after downloading install it to your system.

copy and paste the link to the internet browser address bar.

You can replace the LCD and the circuit card and it should work fine. Takes about 30 mins and you need some professional Tools, like small needle nose and some screwdrivers.