Pardon my ignorance, but I don't get it to work on my HS 300. I downloaded the beta 5 files and copied them on my sd card but I can't seem to find a "Update Firmware" in the menu. Help appreciated, thanks!
It took me a while to figure it out too ... here's how I load CHDK (unzipped files from the link in the first post of this thread in the "CHDK" directory of the SD card):
1. Take the camera, switched off, press the button with the small blue triangle to turn it on and get into "Play Mode"
2. Press Menu
3. Rotate the jog wheel until the very last entry in the menu, which should be "Firm Update ..."
4. Select by pushing right, confirm with "OK"
5. The camera seems to restart but after 1-2 seconds, the CHDK splash screen will appear
To get to the CHDK menu you have to switch to ALT-Mode by pressing left and up simultaniously (takes a little bit of practice) and then press "Menu". Alternatively you can go to "record mode" by pressing the release button half way and then go to ALT-Mode in the same way ...
Hope that helped.