FE 230 will not turn on

Hello,

Have you tried checking the battery? As you mentioned before, the camera was bought 3 years ago. And doesn't specify if you left the batteries inside the camera. Please try replacing the battery, otherwise send the camera to the nearest Olympus for technical check up.

Thank you

Check the battery contacts and the charge (voltage) of the batteries.

This is a well known problem with these lens. They have very small focus gears and they get stuck quite easily by sand and dust. The lens unit has to be taken apart and the gears should be cleaned under a microscope. I repair these every day. I would suggest you contact a local camera repair center and let them clean it.

Tom

Call Flip support, problems are happening to too many people, contact Flip support, if they cannot help, contact MacWorld or other online reviewers and let them know.

I had the same problem. I hit it a long time ago when it did it for the first time. It has been a year since then and it is doing it again. I tried the book solution again and it will not work. I tried holding the lens, no luck, and I tried applying pressure when the lens went back in, again, no luck. Honestly, I don't think I will buy another Olympus fe series camera again. The solutions provided do help the first few times your camera does it, but you might want to start checking the market for a new camera.

check battery contacts, and while door is open, power on and push the battery to see if anything happens

It is repairable. First, check to see if it is still under warranty, (I'm pretty sure Olympus's warranty is one year) or if you purchased an additional coverage, even better. If this is the case, call it in. If not, it will not be worth the $ to repair. Unfortunately it cost as much or close to the price of a new camera to repair them and typically is not worth it. If you want to check around though, you can call some camera stores (Wolf Camera is a good choice if you have one locally). Hope this helps!

lens appears to be off track and needs repair

Hi Gary
Is the camera under warranty and registered with Olympus? If not registered, make sure you do that online first. It also extends your warranty to 13 months. If no receipt, It was a gift.
You most likely have a bad lens assembly (was it dropped?) or microprocessor. Here's your link...
Olympususamerica.com

Consumer division, customer service 1-800-622-6372 M-F 8 to 7 EST
Outstanding people to deal with
Hope I could be of some help. Regards, Paul

If you mean that it is a new camera - then returnit to the seller for replacement as it seems to be an internal fault.