Weird Camera... thing just happened

[HardcoreRomantic]

So, I have an older digital camera (old as in I bought it in 2003... I think it's a Powershot A70). Anyway, I don't use it that often anymore because, well, it takes crappy pictures. But I dug it out because the chinchillas were being all cute, but the screen on the back wasn't working. I decided to see if it would still flash, and that seemed to work so I thought I'd hook it up to the computer and see if any pictures were actually on the camera. Apparently the flash just went off, no picture was saved.

Now the really weird thing. I had unplugged it from the computer and was looking to see if something was just covering the lens. During this time (still sitting next to my computer), the flash went off again. But now, my computer went crazy. Screen went pretty much blank, weird lines across the screen. Seems fine now that I've started it up again, but does anyone know what happened or heard of this happening before?

 

[DrPizza]

I haven't heard of something like that before (well, on the computer end - had the same problem with a camera after my kids dropped it on the floor.) If no one here has any idea, I'll move your post over to the hardware area in a day or so.