Canon powershot S5 IS flash made popping noise then quit altogeth

There\'s a little switch between the pop up Flash and the top of the camera that sounds like its stuck down, its under the flash when it\'s up, look for this switch and see it if it goes up and down, if not then it needs repair.

The 285HV should be safe with modern digital camera. Its trigger voltage is specified as 12V max.

Things to check first for a camera that won't turn on are battery contact points, and micro switches that are located on the battery and memory card doors. Troubleshooting tips on other things that need to be checked may be seen here. These tips won't work for every case, but they're worth a try.

The camera will not flash in the sport setting unless you have a speed flash attached. because the sport setting is made for taking pictures at a fast pace and the internal flash does not charge fast enough.

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The powershot s5 IS does in fact have some strange behaviour issues especially on the first rev firmware. For example if you take 15-20 flash photos consecutively without powering down your camera the flash recycle times will increase to about 15sec, so you'll have to wait about 15sec before you can take another flash photo. The work around is to power down the camera and then turn it back ON. Another strange behaviour is manifested by its inability to lock focus after taking a "no-flash" photo, then popping up the flash and trying to take a flash photo. Again the work-around is to power down the camera, pop-up the flash and then power it back up. Confirmed these behaviours in two other cameras of the same model.

Check with Canon. There could be a fix for it and covered under warranty as well.

As long as it's an EX flash, it should be fine. Assuming that a T90 is a Canon...I have no idea about that.

Im sure that model of Flash. Does the minolta flash fit the hot shoe of the Canon?
If it does then I would first try seting the flash to manual mode and adjusting that.
Let me know if the Flash does not fit and I will try to help you from there.
Take Care,
Caleb

I had same problem, and mine stopped working altogether also.....
Interested to know what happened on the one that was sent in to get looked at in December 07

It sounds like the image stabilization "on" indicator.