It sounds like you just had a corrupted FAT if formatting fixed it.
But, for future reference, these cameras have a hidden service menu that can be used for resets. I don't know if a reset would correct the errors these guys were getting or not (if it's a hardware issue, it probably won't help anything).
Make sure to try this at your own risk.
There are two different reset menu choices there. One clears everything (even the shutter actuations, date camera first used, etc.), and it probably clears out anything from EEPROM that is not supposed to be there.
Press and hold menu button (standard menu will appear in the display)
Press and hold shutter button
(at this point, both the menu button and shutter button are still held down)
Then (while continuing to hold the menu button and shutter button down throughout the sequence below):
2xTELE (press right zoom button twice)
1xWIDE (press left zoom button once)
(a blue information screen appears here)
TRASH (press trashcan icon button once)
PLAY (press upper left button on back of camera)
2xTELE (press right zoom button twice)
1xWIDE (press left zoom button once)
The developer menu will appear (you can release the shutter button and menu button now).
If you scroll through the choices, you'll find the reset choices. But, be careful that you DO NOT go into any of the AF calibration menus. One of them will start a calibration of the AF with no further warning. If you don't have a test target setup at the correct distance to the camera, it will mess up your AF very badly.
So, I'd suggest avoiding most of the menus there (even though they look tempting).
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