Gregory Stempel wrote:
I have a problem that just occured that suggests a virus has hit my
cameras possibly through a compact flash card.
Hi Gregory. In trouble shooting we look for the simple problems first
then move on to more complex problems. This is based on Hakem's Razor
which says the simplest solution is probably the right one.
Given that the probability of a Nikon camera specific virus that can
transfer itself to the camera's firmware is very remote. Heck even the
D100 didn't have a writable firmware anyway, so it makes the virus
option so remote, we can pretty much right it off.
Lets look at the facts at hand.
I currently run with three Nikons, including the D200. I loaned my old
D100 to young photographer and gave them a couple of 1 gig CF Ultra
memory cards. She claimed that she took the card out after shooting
some images, tried to load the images onto her mom's laptop, but the
laptop didn't have a card reader.
She tried to download the photos on a laptop without a card reader?
What did she try and insert the card into? The PCMCIA slot? The CD
tray (People have done some strange things). Did the original card
suffer some physical damage or some electronic damage?
She then put the CF card back into the camera and got the dreaded
flashing CHA error. I tried to troubleshoot the card by placing into
my D200 and now my D200 gives the same error. Neither camera will take
a card now and every card I attempt to insert into eiither camera
displays the same flashing CHA error and states "this card can not be
used" in the LCD panel.
So the Bad card now prevents any card from working in two separate
cameras. So something has probably physically damaged the card readers
in the cameras. I would suggest looking at the card that started
having the problems and see if something is jammed in one of the pin
slots. It of course could be something inside that you can't see just
by looking at the card. Next examine both cameras and see if a pin has
been bent? Was there any unusual resistance putting the card into the
D200?
This is the simplest explanation given the facts.
Rob
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