AF assist light is dead

My AF assist light must have burnt out on my D50, it no longer works, Which is actually quite a problem since I am going to a concert on friday where I need all the light I can get. My Sb-600 will need to be on camera pretty much the entire time now.

But I'm still under warranty so i'm planning on sending it in, (I'm assuming it will be covered, its definitely a wear and tear issue) Also my jog dial sometimes doesn't register steps to the left, So Hopefully they will fix that aswell.

I won't be sending it in until the summer probably, I have too many races to shoot late april early may. And Having only the D70s would make my life more difficult than I want.

Anyone else have their AF assist light burn out?

 

Oh believe me I checked that, Its on, Even changed the battery and checked the menu (turned it on and off a few times), And sometimes after heavy AF light use it will shut itself off for a while. So I gave it a break and tested it later.

Still nothing, its definitely burnt out or its just being really really stubborn lol

 

Shutter priority and aperture priority, Focus is usually Dynamic area or single, and thats what I always use (I never use closest subject)

Tested it again, still not turning on (And I don't think its an LED, the light spreads out too much, LED's are pretty direct in their light direction)

 

I did change batteries recently, But to another ENL3a (that was in my new (but used) D70s)
Going to switch em back after they get charged, maybe that had something to do with it.
Also funny the d70s AF assist light is quite a bit bigger and seems brighter than the d50 one...
But considering how well the red lights on a sb600 or 800 work when focusing, i'm suprised all their camera's don't just use that...

 

Ahh didn't know that, though I am not in AF-C, AF-S is what i always use (Focus recompose, I don't like using the side AF sensors, they seem too far off from the center)