A590 won't power up from play switch so now what?

karen.gilmartin1

« on: 21 / March / 2013, 19:28:53 »

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Has anyone else had this problem and if so how did they get round it please? My instructions say that you can't use normal on/off button as you can't transfer the files to your camera that way so after a load of hassle getting the firmware version etc and putting the files onto my SD card I'm still stuck getting them into the camera. I can do it with my powershot E1 but this one is the one I want the extra facilities on

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waterwingz

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Re: A590 won't power up from play switch so now what?

« Reply #1 on: 21 / March / 2013, 19:45:48 »

Quote from: karen.gilmartin1 on 21 / March / 2013, 19:28:53

My instructions say that you can't use ....

Where did you get your instructions ?

The only currently up-to-date guide to installing CHDK is here : http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Prepare_your_SD_card

You will want to focus on this :
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Prepare_your_SD_card#Firmware_Update_Method.2A
and this :
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Prepare_your_SD_card#For_Cameras_Released_Before_2011_:

although the link at the top of the page to the STICK tool should probably be all you really need

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Ported : A1200 SD940 G10 Powershot N G16

karen.gilmartin1

Re: A590 won't power up from play switch so now what?

« Reply #2 on: 22 / March / 2013, 11:14:21 »

My vile laptop refuses to use any of the available utilities such as Stick or Wicks. I've tried and the command screen just flashes on then vanishes. Maybe I'm using wrong version for my machine which runs Windows 7 but no version seems to work with it.

So I'm back to square one and its hardware-1 me-0.

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waterwingz

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Re: A590 won't power up from play switch so now what?

« Reply #3 on: 22 / March / 2013, 11:43:30 »

Quote from: karen.gilmartin1 on 22 / March / 2013, 11:14:21

My vile laptop refuses to use any of the available utilities such as Stick or Wicks. I've tried and the command screen just flashes on then vanishes. Maybe I'm using wrong version for my machine which runs Windows 7 but no version seems to work with it. So I'm back to square one and its hardware-1 me-0.

Did you make sure you have java installed ? There is a note at the top of the web page for STICK showing how to do that.

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So I'm back to square one and its hardware-1 me-0.

The links I posted above descrbe several other methods you could try.

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karen.gilmartin1

Re: A590 won't power up from play switch so now what?

« Reply #4 on: 23 / March / 2013, 07:27:34 »

Hi, I've got CHDK installed now thanks for your help. Lack of java was stopping me running the tools but I didn't realise, when I had a new hdd installed following sudden demise of old one, that java had been overlooked. I had it before but took it for granted a bit. One happy bunny now, thanks again

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