Deceased D800 help please

[elsa hoffmann]

My D800 died. Dead. Not showing anything - anywhere - battery is still almost fully charged. And even so the internal battery should still show the info in the top viewing window
I noticed yesterday that the viewing button acted up - you press to review the image and it just didnt react.
Now the whole thing is dead

Anything I should be checking?

EDIT:

checked the battery in my other D800 - also dead.
The battery was fully charged yesterday - do I suspect then there is something wrong with the battery - and that it is faulty.

Eish. At least that is a cheap fix

BUT

does the D800 have an internal clock battery??

[Mike G]

Elsa, that is bad news! Do you have a known good battery to try in the duff budgie, if you have tried that does the camera still appear to be dead?

[elsa hoffmann]

Sorry Mike I should have added in the edit that another battery revived the D800.
So it must be the battery that died and not the D800

I was under the impression that there is an internal battery for the clock etc

[armando_m]

Good to hear is just the battery

[Andrea B.]

The D800 does not have a removeable/replaceable clock battery. Instead it is a fixed internal battery. The D800 clock battery is charged off the main battery or by using a power adapter. If the clock battery is completely discharged (unlikely if the camera is in active use), then you would see a flashing "clock" icon.

Hope this helps. It's in the manual on page 28. But that page num is for the manual as viewed on my iPad so I don't know if those are the page numbers for the actual printed manual? The iPad has a Nikon Manual Viewer app which you can get from the App Store. Then you have to download the specific manuals you want to see. But once downloaded the manuals remain on the iPad. It is rather handy and I've come to use it quite a lot. Easier to search through and so forth. 

[PedroS]

Normally such catastrofic events are power related.

Good to know that your D800 is ok

[elsa hoffmann]

PedroS - you and me both!

Thanks Andrea - that is very helpful about the manual!
I also read up re the internal battery not being able to be replaced as you said. Thanks for confirming it

[Mike G]

I can hear the PHEW from here. 

[elsa hoffmann]

I can hear the PHEW from here. 

a blond one though haha

made me realise again why I opted for 2 bodies. You just never know

[Andrea B.]

Well it is danged scarey when a camera just quits on you like that!!
I had a bad battery thing once in an older model (D300 I think but it's been a long time so memory has faded.) Took me a while to figure out it was the batteries and not the cam.

[elsa hoffmann]

Especially as I charged it the day before.... I might have taken 10 shots - so it should have been basically full. Oh well so we learn.

[Akira]

Good to know that it was just the battery that died.

I've heard about the battery failure more than I'd like to.  Even the genuine batteries can fail.

[elsa hoffmann]

First time for me. And the battery isn't that old either.

[Akira]

A battery can fail regardless of its age. 

[pluton]

First time for me. And the battery isn't that old either.

Check to see what the warranty period is.