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Camera was working fine. Took memory card out to see the size of it. Put it back in. Camera wouldn't turn on. Charged batteries. Put charged batteries in and still does not work. I take the memory card out and it turns on. HELP!!!! What is wrong?
Think you may have bent a card pin. Remove the card and the camera's batteries. Look in the card slot for any bent pins. If you see one, don't fret, it may be fixable. Use a small/skinny jeweler's flat screwdriver to bend the pin back as close as possible (one from the dollar store is fine for this). Take your time and use as much patience as you can muster. Take a breather in between if needed.
It doesn't have to be perfect, just as close as you can get it. When it's there, take your flash card and "SLOWLY" insert it. The card itself should fine-align the pin. Remove the card, and verify that the pin is still straightened. If so, reinsert the card and try it out.
If there are no bent pins in the slot, then the next obvious thing to try is a different CF card.
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I looked at the troubleshooting section of the Canon Powershot A3400 Is manual and it suggested the following:
Confirm that your are using the correct type of battery, and that there is sufficient charge (p. 163). Sounds like you did this.
Confirm that the battery is inserted facing the correct way (p.17)
Confirm that the memory card/battery cover is fully closed (p.18)
Dirty battery terminals reduce battery performance. Try cleaning the terminals with a cotton swab and reinserting the battery a few times.
The manual also said that the batteries can deplete quickly in low temperatures. "Try warming the batteries a little by putting them in your pocket, for example, ensuring that the terminals do not touch any metal objects."
Yes, 4GB card is too big for Canon A95 camera as its hardware does not support such big memory. Put max 2GB or less memory card in this camera. Thanks.
Hi there please follow the steps and let me know the result.
1. Ensure batteries are fully charged & clean the battery connector point in side the battery compartment.
2. Look carefully between the lens and the camera body for any sand, dirt or any damaged etc.
3. Try turning the camera with the lens facing down and shake to dislodge anything stuck
4. Try removing batteries and memory card, wait 5 minutes and refit the battery only.
5. Now turn on camera( with out card ) and see ,if working then fix the memory card & again turn on the camera. If working then fine . Otherwise format the memory card and fix back in camera again & try. Make sure before format the memory card take a back up all photos in your computer then format. If no luck then reset or restore the camera setting by pressing Menu key for 2 sec .. in not done the press both Menu & self time key for 2 - 4 sec.
Sometimes it just gets stuck - With the camera on go to the view mode and give it a little jiggle with your thumb and finger. Also - a can of compressed air can loosen up what ever might be stuck in there.
It may be the SD memory card causing the problem. I just bought a G7. When I turned it on without an SD card, no problem. I put it my old cheap SD card and it wont turn on. I take out the memory card and battery, then insert the Canon SD card and battery and turn it on, no problem.
Hope this helps someone.
Here are some simple things to try first for a camera that won't power on. Recommend trying the first step listed for the A520:
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/simple-fix-for-dead-cameras-that-wont.html
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