My camera is new and was working fine until it was unplugged from my computer without safely removing it from the USB port. Now it is stuck in docking mode, ive tried leaving the batteries out and takeing the memory card out. Ive also tried plugging it back into the computer and safely removing. Is there any other way of resetting it or fixing it?
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There may be a small reset-button hidden inside a small hole somewhere that you might push with a paperclip or something. Also make sure the connection plug on your camera isn't damaged. If some pins are shorted out it might fool the camera to believe it's still connected to the computer.
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Maybe you keyboard is bad or your keyboard has been hijacked by a virus.
Make sure you keyboard is plugged in good on the back of the computer. If the end of your keyboard that plugs into the computer is Round and it plugs into the green port on the back of the computer you have a PS2 (serial) type of keyboard and you cannot unplug it and expect it to work if windows has already booted up. If you remove this type of keyboard connection, you have to Reboot your machine otherwise the keyboard is locked.
If the end of your keyboard that plugs into the computer is Flat, then you have a USB type of keyboard that goes into the computer's USB Port. This type of keyboard is Plug and Play so you don't have to reboot if you remove it. If you have this type maybe the USB Port you plugged it into does not work, so try plugging into another USB Port.
Try booting in Safe Mode and see if the keyboard performs. Turn off the computer, then hit the power button to turn itback on and immediately start hitting the F8 key repeatedly until you see SAFEMODE. Take the Safe Mode option and let it boot up. Safe Mode will lookdifferent to you, the screen will be darker and the icons bigger, this isnormal.
Maybe you keyboard is bad or your keyboard has been hijacked by a virus.
Make
sure you keyboard is plugged in good on the back of the computer. If
the end of your keyboard that plugs into the computer is Round and it
plugs into the green port on the back of the computer you have a PS2
(serial) type of keyboard and you cannot unplug it and expect it to work
if windows has already booted up. If you remove this type of keyboard
connection, you have to Reboot your machine otherwise the keyboard is
locked.
If the end of your keyboard that plugs into the
computer is Flat, then you have a USB type of keyboard that goes into
the computer's USB Port. This type of keyboard is Plug and Play so you
don't have to reboot if you remove it. If you have this type maybe the
USB Port you plugged it into does not work, so try plugging into another
USB Port.
Try booting in Safe Mode and see if the keyboard performs. Turn
off the computer, then hit the power button to turn itback on and
immediately start hitting the F8 key repeatedly until you see SAFEMODE.
Take the Safe Mode option and let it boot up. Safe Mode will
lookdifferent to you, the screen will be darker and the icons bigger,
this isnormal.
STEP: Toggle the Video Mode with the <Fn> and <F8> Keys Additional Information Press the <Fn> and <F8> keys to toggle the display mode between the video modes (LCD Only, Monitor Only, and Both). STEP: Determine if an external monitor is being used. Additional Information Determine if an external monitor is connected to the docking station. STEP: Determine if the video problem occurs outside of the docking station. Additional Information View the LCD panel on the system to determine if the same video issue occurs while the system is outside of the docking station. STEP: Remove Any Docking Stations or Port Replicators From the Computer STEP: Unplug All Accessories From the Laptop Computer Additional Information Unplug any accessories from the laptop computer, such as PCMCIA cards, external mice, external keyboards, external serial or parallel port devices, external monitors, external USB peripherals and port replicators.
If you are on windows vista it could be your driver. You can go into safe mode on the computer with F8 while the computer is starting up, then go to the control panel and device manager. Plug the adapter in and remove the driver for it. Download a new driver at http://support.2wire.com/index.php?page=download and install it.
If your System is in hybernation mode, don't remove any attached USB device, because it will damage your USB driver. This is one of the known problem from microsoft.
If you have to remove any USB device use 'Safely Remove Hardware'.
To remove currepted USB drivers its not enough to remove your printer drivers.
You should un-install the 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers' from Device Manager.
Then re-boot to clean registry.
Install the 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers' using XP Setup CD.
Then check the Mass storage, PDA etc, it should recognized by XP.
Then install printer driver (don't attach printer to system untill setup finish or setup says to connect).
I think it will fix. Please let me know your feed-back.
I just fixed my daughters camera with this problem. First go to the capture mode and see if the reason you are in review mode is because the camera thinks it is docked. If so, look at the dock port on the bottom of the camera. ( May need to magnify it to see in there ) Look for any green corrosion between the contacts. Her's has this corossion between two pairs of the contacts. I took a jewelers screw driver and scraped out the corrosion and then blew canned air in there to remove it. Turned it on and now it works fine. I have a feeling that the battery compartment is venting through this port and the small amount of acid vapor produced as the batteries discharge is causing the contacts to get this corrosion.
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