Repair?

[WilliamAstro]

Yesterday received a Canon EOS Rebel XTI and a CF Card and the first day I got I broke (dented) the CF card reader pins, later on the camera stopped working after attempting to recharge the batteries, I was able to turn on the camera but the lcd screen won't display and won't take photos and when I turn it off the green light was still on...

Please help me get this into repair!

 

[sploo]

Are any of the CF pins inside the camera shorting to one another? It's feasible that might prevent the camera starting (either electrically, or because the firmware believes there's a card and is then locking up trying to read from it).

Have you tried leaving the camera for a while with no batteries (including removing the CR2016 coin cell) and then reinserting the batteries? E.g. follow the steps at https://martybugs.net/blog/blog.cgi/gear/bodies/Canon-350D-Lockup.html

It is possible to fix bent CF pins with tweezers or a fine screwdriver, but you have to be really careful not to snap them.

A dodgy connection to the lens can cause issues, but it looks as though you don't have one connected at the moment.

[WilliamAstro]

19 minutes ago, sploo said:

Are any of the CF pins inside the camera shorting to one another? It's feasible that might prevent the camera starting (either electrically, or because the firmware believes there's a card and is then locking up trying to read from it).

Have you tried leaving the camera for a while with no batteries (including removing the CR2016 coin cell) and then reinserting the batteries? E.g. follow the steps at https://martybugs.net/blog/blog.cgi/gear/bodies/Canon-350D-Lockup.html

It is possible to fix bent CF pins with tweezers or a fine screwdriver, but you have to be really careful not to snap them.

A dodgy connection to the lens can cause issues, but it looks as though you don't have one connected at the moment.

[sploo]

Yikes. That's a car wreck.

Still might be possible to move them back carefully though, then very gently insert a card to line them back up.

[tooth_dr]

I bought a canon DSLR with two puns bent. It was a two minute job when a dental instrument. Your camera is very fixable but don’t bend them too many times or they might break off. 

[Davey-T]

Canon do affixed price repair service but probably not financially viable, may be easier to fix if you take it apart, instructions by Gary Honis  on YT.

Dave

[happy-kat]

Once you have mended those pins consider getting a cf to SD card adaptor to use instead (you'll have to see if can get one that is neat was I'm not sure if your battery door would close)

[Paul2019]

Yikes! Good luck with fixing it, I love my 450d even if it is old!

[michael8554]

A CF to SD adapter won't work if the CF pins are broken or misaligned. 

If the CF pins are fixed he can use a CF card, but to save a repeat, he could leave an adapter permenantly installed and only eject the SD card. 

Card goes in the side of the camera, not in the battery compartment. 

Without a card you can still save images to a PC as they are taken, once you've unshorted the pins. 

Michael