Hi all, Yep so I had a case of "condensation", operation paused. blah blah. This camera had not been outside nor subjected to a temperature change for months when it somehow contracted the phantom condensation... I have a JVC GR-D90u as well... and this fix WORKED. And it wasn't nearly as hard to do as I imagined. Yes, I had tried the "leaving it on for 1-48h in manual/dsc mode" ...(that worked the first couple of times), tried a hair dryer, tried the "q-tip w/windex on the little black square" trick...nothing. It's a bit amusing how many posts on various sites will list these solutions over and over ...even when the original post said "tried it, doesn't work". JVC just made some cameras with a crap sensor on them. Sure, give the other methods a try first, cause it might I suppose, actually be condensation...but when that fails... You can remove the screws in the outer casing...and the camera comes apart..in half down the middle. Be warned there are at least 5 different types of screws... you will want to remember what went where. (I simply wrote a quick reminder/location of where the screw went on a sheet of paper ..and placed the screw next to it.) Proabably 18 screws or so to remove (I took out a couple that I dont think needed to come out). Also be careful to separate the halves gently as there are a few wires connecting one half to the other, and a couple connecting the lens parts to the main board (I had pulled out one of these, but manged to get it back in). There are a few tabs and parts that kinda snap in, but it wasn't hard to figure out. -By the way, I don't need to mention to disconnect the power before trying any of this, do I? I disconnected the bundle of wires at the back (by the battery). ...and I guess that forced a hard reset or whatever. put it all back together. Seems to not be quite as good at playing tapes..a bit of distortion or blue screen occasionally... but might just be dirty. Heck, could be the tape itself. I shall investigate. It's still far better than it not working at all. Thanks for this fix!!!

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