CHDK/Installing with Cardtricks

This article describes how to install CHDK with the Cardtricks utillity under MS Windows

• Start Cardtricks, select your card reader with a click to the SD card symbol

• Use Show to make sure whether the right device is selected

• Maybe you want to format the memory card first - you can use the Format as FAT button:

CAUTION: This deletes ALL DATA from your card ! Backup your files first !

• If you want to start CHDK everytime you power on your camera (autoboot), use the Make Bootable button to write the bootable identification string to the SD card.

• Now click Download CHDK to open the download page, this will start your system's standard browser:

Search for your camera and the correct firmware version, download the package (.zip file) and store it to your hard disc.

• Afterwards use the CHDK -> Card button, select the .zip file you've downloaded in the last step...
• ▬► Check [x]Overwrite to make sure that older files on your memory card gets overwritten

• Now the CHDK installation package gets unziped to your card, this takes some seconds...
• Your SD card is now ready to use with CHDK, Cardtricks can be closed with Exit (or press Esc) or the ESC key

• Remove the memory card from your card reader
• To use the Autoboot startup method you must LOCK the SD card (move the little plastic slider toward the middle of the card)
• Insert the card into your camera

• CHDK now can be started either manually with the 'Firmware Update' item from the Canon menu or with the Autoboot function.