Gtreeting from sweltering Andalucia.
I have possibly two problems with my EOS 600D and need help and advice please. It has suddenly stopped communicating with my laptop (Win 7 64 bit). When I connect it via the usb cable it is not seen by the computer. I suspect I may have a problem with the usb port on the camera body which will mean sending it to a canon repair centre. But . .when I tried connecting to my wife's laptop (Vista) it appeared to be OK. Checking the firmware I noticed that upgrade 1.0.1 corrected an error that occasionally caused the camera not to connect via the usb. Since my laptop wouldn't connect I used my wife's to download the latest update 1.0.2 but when trying to instal the latest firmware I got an error message on the camera saying that the external media could not be read. Which suggests to me that there is some sort of problem with the usb 'system'.
The Oct/Dec 2012 edition of the magazine describes updating the firmware using a card reader. I don't have a dedicated card reader but the laptop has one. Can I use that reader in the same way as described in the magazine? I don't see why not.
Peter
I have possibly two problems with my EOS 600D and need help and advice please. It has suddenly stopped communicating with my laptop (Win 7 64 bit). When I connect it via the usb cable it is not seen by the computer. I suspect I may have a problem with the usb port on the camera body which will mean sending it to a canon repair centre. But . .when I tried connecting to my wife's laptop (Vista) it appeared to be OK. Checking the firmware I noticed that upgrade 1.0.1 corrected an error that occasionally caused the camera not to connect via the usb. Since my laptop wouldn't connect I used my wife's to download the latest update 1.0.2 but when trying to instal the latest firmware I got an error message on the camera saying that the external media could not be read. Which suggests to me that there is some sort of problem with the usb 'system'.
The Oct/Dec 2012 edition of the magazine describes updating the firmware using a card reader. I don't have a dedicated card reader but the laptop has one. Can I use that reader in the same way as described in the magazine? I don't see why not.
Peter
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