NOTE: Video needs to be updated...Follow instructions for now
Total Beginner
- You can follow along using this video
- Take SD memory card and place it into a card reader (a USB Card Reader, Internal Card Reader, etc). You can buy one from RadioShack, Bestbuy, Amazon, any electronics store
- Place Card Reader into the computer
- When message shows up, whether you want to do something with the files on the card, ignore it, and click on the X to close it
- Download CardTricks
- After CardTricks open, click on the stamp icon of the SD card. Pick the SD card's drive letter (usually the last one)
- You will see the details for the SD card
- Click Format As Fat, Click through the Warnings (make sure that the card does not have anything you need). This will take up 10 minutes. You can check the progress in a command prompt window to the right of the CardTricks window on the taskbar
- After the format is finished, click Make Bootable, and click ok
- Download a build of CHDK for your camera - most likely it will be the latest one (if you purchased your camera recently). However..in a lot of cases it is not. But either way, you will find out soon.
- Click CHDK->Card in CardTricks. Select the build you just downloaded
- Click ok, and the build should now be on your card
- VERY IMPORTANT STEP!!!!: Take the card out of your reader, and flip the lock to on position. Place the card into your camera....
- You will see a screen like this:
- If you don't, either you followed the directions wrong OR you got the wrong firmware version number. To find out:
- Turn your camera to PLAY mode
- Hold Down The SET key
- Don't let go of SET, and press Display
- You should see something that says Firmware Ver GMx.xxy (example GM1.01B)
- Remember what x.xxy are. This is your firmware version.
- Repeat the procedure above, downloading the correct firmware
- If you don't see any of this, most likely you installed CHDK wrong...Try checking the Lock Switch, and that you pressed the CHDK->Card Button!
Email me at adz@jewc.org for questions.