SLR camera / flash question

[crecia27]

Our Rebel XTi is about 4 yrs old with over 10,000 clicks. The last few months its been randomly taking forever to recharge the flash (don't cringe that I use a flash all the time LOL), then last week it started with not wanting to pop up, and Monday night it would delay upwards of 5 seconds to let me take another picture, meaning I missed a bunch of pictures from my daughters Girl Scout ceremony. Do any of you know if this is fixable, and if it would be worth it? I don't REALLY want to put out the money for a new one, though the one with video sounds SUPER cool. Which leads me to wonder if I did have to get a new one go with the newest Rebel model or another XTi and separate video camera?