D40 Won't Power Up

[Almond.Butterscotch]

How's this for a worst-case scenario: You're going on vacation in Europe- seeing (in order) Venezia, Barcelona, Naples, Roma, Firenze/Pisa, Nice, and Marseilles, and on the very first day of zero flying, your dSLR just wont turn on. (HELP!)

I've tried a soft reset (two green-marked buttons), a hard reset (the button inside the USB/Video out area), different batteries (both charged), and I'm still in square one. I've only had 23150 actuations (as of July 20), and if I remember correctly, the shutter's rated for 50k, but that really isn't my problem, is it?

Also, FWIW, the green light does blink once when I insert the SD card.

Also, I just tried another hard reset and this time the screen turned on a second- and by a second, I mean less than a second. As in, I saw the Info screen for maybe a tenth of a second, after which point the screen shut off and I was back in square one.

[OsmosisStudios]

Get thee to a camera store and get a new body. You wont be able to fix this while youre traveling and each day you're without a camera, youre without pictures. If you do get the D40 fixed, you can always sell it or the newer body when you get home.

[Almond.Butterscotch]

ive got my iPhone running for the time being- nice wideangle and lovely 2mp. Also, I may start commandeering my old p&s (now my mom's). Still, I'd very much like to have a dSLR to run. Buying one here isn't really an option (too many reasons to bother listing).