I don't think it's worth looking into repair as Olympus would probably want to charge me out the ass in labor to get it fixed
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Has anyone else experienced this?
Slightly off-topic, but I had a Belkin Skype Phone that I dropped, and the usb port took a hit. Tured out one of the thin metal connectors had been bent and fell off next time i tried to plug it in.
Luckily, I was going to Shanghai on vacation, and brought it along for repair.
I went to a plain hole-in-the-wall mobile phone shop, and they soldered a new USB port for $15!
You could probably get the same service anywhere in the big Asian cities (Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong etc). So if you have a friend going there, pass it along for a cheap fix!