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I've had this camera for almost 2 years and today i uploaded my pictures to my computer and put the SD card back in to the slot and it kept saying no card. So i tried another card and it says the same thing. I've searched and searched and to find nothing. I've emailed canon and they said its out of warranty and that i need to either a) send it in to be repaired or b) trade mine in for a credit and buy a new one.

It seems to be so weird to be doing this, I've done the remove the batteries and check the SD card slot and to make sure its not locked, but to no luck it still doesn't work.

Please help please i use my camera everyday to upload pics of sewing projects i do on my blog and my family just can't afford to buy another SLR right now. Any helps will be appreciated.

Is there an error number?

What constitutes as "nothing" in terms of what you found? I've read quite a few articles about card reading errors with the 450D/1000D as well as solutions such as

• formatting the card in the camera, which supposedly forces the camera to read the card differently
• deleting the images then re-inserting the card
• removing the battery and re-inserting it while the switch is set to ON
• updating the firmware via the EOS Utility on your computer.

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No error number just says "no card".

Can't format the card inside of the canon because it just says no card when i hit format.

Tried to remove the battery while it was on and then re-inserted it back in, and it says no card still. also tried the normal way of removing the battery twice as stated on the canon help finder.

I've tried 2 other cards and it says the same thing.

Firmware on it is 1.06 the website shows 1.07 but that is for problems with making folders i believe the website said when i checked that out.

Even so, have you actually tried updating the firmware regardless?

Unless the details regarding the update explicitly state that it WILL NOT resolve the problem you're experiencing, one can argue that it's worth trying - firmware updates can sometimes have the unintended effect of resolving errors other than those they were made to fix.

Troubleshooting often involves trying unorthodox methods to resolve a problem.

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Bodies: Canon EOS 550D w/ Magic Lantern
Lenses: Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX f/2.8, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Accessories: YongNuo Speedlite YN-468 Flash, Neewer Macro LED Ring Light, Meike Battery Grip, YongNuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger & Receiver YongNuo WR-128 Wireless Remote Control

Rorschach,

On the firmware topic. Do you know of a way to update the firmware without an SD card? I am experiencing the same issue and while I would like to update it, there is not a published way of updating the firmware if the camera cannot see the card.

Thanks

I'm not aware of one - I'd imagine only Canon's engineers are privy to such methods. Even if you update the firmware through EOS Utility with the camera connected to the computer via USB, you still need an SD card in the camera.

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Bodies: Canon EOS 550D w/ Magic Lantern
Lenses: Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX f/2.8, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Accessories: YongNuo Speedlite YN-468 Flash, Neewer Macro LED Ring Light, Meike Battery Grip, YongNuo RF-602 Wireless Flash Trigger & Receiver YongNuo WR-128 Wireless Remote Control

You could try to reset settings to default.
Probably will not work, but it could not hurt.

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Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Canon 430EX II
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try with others SDcard maybe your card already broken

Sonds like the slot is broken. Repairing it is probably more expensive than a used XS.

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