I have repaired D560s and other Olympus's with this problem. The
easiest was one that had jam on the SmartMedia card that was transfered
to the reader fingers. The other thing that can cause this "Card Error"
is if you erase the card in your computer. In your case, however, it
sounds like a problem with the card reader module. (since the card
won't self eject) This works like the mechanism in a retractable ball
point pen. It would require disassembly of the camera and
cleaning/repair of the reader module. I have 2 of these in my repair
stock BTW.
Richard
Victor S. Miller wrote:
> We have an Olympus D560, which had been working without problem up
> until 3 days ago. After taking a few pictures, the camera refused to
> take anymore pictures. After turning it off and on, it just puts up a
> screen to either turn it off or format the card. Since the pictures
> on the card weren't really important, I chose format. After about a
> second it showed "Card Error". Since we wanted a bigger card anyway
> (we only had a 64MB card) we purchased a 1GB card made by Olympus. I
> heeded the warning label on the blister pack that said that I had to
> upgrade the firmware. I went to the Olympus site, and did that.
> However, now when I insert the 1GB card (brand new) it has exactly the
> same behavior as the old card.
>
> One thing that I did notice -- that pressing in the card does NOT
> cause it to eject -- I need to use the little notch at the end of the
> card to pull it out. Is this significant? Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
>
> Victor
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