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sorry to hear you had that problem. sadly I had something similar, the guys here were great trying to help me but I ended up taking the camera to  Canon Repairs service and they had  to change the main board which cost me £300:((

I can not say 100%  if the issue was related to ML or something else.(third party battery,corrupt CF card or and hardware issues might have caused ot)  I'd never know. All I know  is that  ML is  a great tool, I do  appreciate it so much ,but now I am a bit too hesitant to install it back may be until I change my body or at least when I have a back up camera.I know a lot of people enjoying the great tool,which I envy and  I look forward to having it back, hopefully with a new body.
and good luck solving the issue.

best

hello Samu,
I am sorry to hear you had the same problem. I am not too sure if the problem is related to ML .What happened with my camera is that , after a while i post this I found a way to make it work. it  start  in B mode only then you could use it  in other moods once you started it.I uised it that way  but  recenty   I started to get  err80 constantly . Mirror opens but shutter won't move.i can change the settings on the top lcd  but camera won't take any pictures  nor nothing showing on  rear  LCD screen.

I am going  to take it to the service to get an estimate tomorrow , let's see what they will say. it looks like a hardware issue:((

good luck with solving your problem.

fingers crossed

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Thank you very much for your help.next time I will try yahoo search like you did:)) great help thank you!

Hello Guys,
lately I have had this problem with my 5d mark ii, camera turns on , nothing on the rear lcd screen. no access to menu or images.When i hit the shutter release mirror locks up and camera freezes. It must be kind of hardware issue but before taking it to a service I'd like to try removing the bios battery( or secondary battery as Canon calls it)  I read somewhere saying it could help to so.But I couldn't find where it is?
I know it has to be somewhere in the battery compartment but I couldn't find out. can you  please help.

Thanks

Hello Guys, Lately I have been having problems with my 5d mark ii. A1lexs and other guys here have been very helpful  trying to debug it, unfortunately we couldn't solve the issue ,so I have to take it to a canon service to get it repaired. I was thinking of fixation but I was wondering if you have any other recommendation. of course I am looking for somewhere with a good turnaround time, and won't cost me an arm a leg.
also I  know ,it may sound silly,but how much repair cost should I expect?  any ideas?( camera somehow starts (though very hard to get it start) but won't shut down.no idea if its hardware or software issue?


Thanks for your input in advance.

I tried the blink test , it doesn't blink at all, didn't managed to get the camera start  with blink test
later  i managed to get  start up logs please  see  the files below
Thanks
http://www.sendspace.com/file/iw7fbd

Thank you very much. Just now I managed to turn the camera on. What I notices It only seems to start  in B mode.I turn the power button to ON position and then insert the battery and the camera starts. I managed the install the ML back. So  I will run the test. I guess that's kind of good news At least I know the camera is not completely dead.

hello A1lex,
thanks for your help I appreciate it, sorry  the reason I included the "Urgent" in the text was it happened minutes before I had to start a photoshoot and I was panicking. didn't mean to be rude.

Just a question before I  run the test, Could I run it without ML insatlled on the card because I had removed the ML a few days ago(uninstalled from the camera)but camera was working ok ,somehow.

today, what happened was I inserted a card which I had formated on the computer which had nothing on it(not  canon folders etc) and the problem seemed to have started after I inserted that card. Now when I put a card in  CF led blinks twice and nothing works.

and when I insert that particular card ,red led is on continuously I was wondering if that tells anything. I will  try to run the test to see I guess  I will have to take it to a canon service

once again thank you so much,

Hello again guys,
I think my problem got worse now.  A1ex,I don't know if you remember, we tried the debug the camera somewhile ago  but we couldn't. the problem was camera wouldn't shut down  unless i remove the battery and at shut down I would get both LED's on.( blue and red one)

But today, just before I start shooting,I inserted a card, hoping the turn the camera on by using the trick( removing the battery) but As soon as I inserted the card I had the card LED (red one) on. since then camera won't turn at all. After numerous attempts  I managed the get it on once but in this one camera was frozen from the start. I could only see top lcd working, only thing i could change was the focal points, nothing else, nothing on liveview  or lcd etc.

Now I am panicking, What would you recommend guys, is it possible to fix this somehow???


thanks

Hello, Thank you very much for quick reply. sorry for my slow reply as well. I was away from my camera so i couldn't reply.
Can you check if the "ML" contains something in the ML/LOGS folder or a log in the root of the card?

sorry I couldn't check this. As I formatted the cards on the computer after I had the issue and  that wiped out ML files. Now i just put the files back on the root folder but camera doesn't recognize ML any more, do I have to follow the installation progress again?  is it safe to do so?


Does the camera start up fine without a CF card in?

I tried this, I managed to get it on once but  it is pretty much same as when I have a card inserted. 

I also noticed the battery seems to be draining pretty quickly

Thanks for your help, much appreciated!

[What happened:]

I have been using magic lantern  for sometime now. I hadn't noticed any major issues until yesterday. Now my camera won't start .

What happened:
I was filming yesterday, and after I hit the button to  stop filming  LCD went of  but both led's at the back of the camera  blue and red lights  turned on  and wouldn't t turn off.Waited for a while and then I turned the camera off but the lights were still on.after I waited couple of minutes I took the battery off, and put it back on.Then I tried to turn the camera on but it didn't start.  I recharged the battery put it back after only   a few attempts I managed the get the camera on. But that was only possible with a CF card that never had the ML on it. Now  camera hardly works. To get it on  I have try taking of the battery  and put it back.(each time I wait for 5 seconds before i insert the battery)) But that doesn't always guarantee that the camera will start.  it starts sometimes but  sometimes it doesn't and  when the camera goes on stand by mode it freezes again. I removed the ML on the cards( by formatting them on the computer)  What shall I do?

PS: I had the latest canon firmware before I installed the ML . It worked fine for couple of months without major issues.

can you please help me, shame I lost a job today because of this issue:((

any input will be  greatly appreciated.

ooops, problem solved by pressing the INFO button several times.  sorry I have been fiddling with this for about an hour and was very frustrated so needed to ask. but thanks anyway, I look forward to trying  ML,so excited:) Cheers guys for all your efforts to develop it.

Hello Guys,
I am new here, just donated and installed ML latest version  to my 5d M2. My  problem is although I have access to ML menu when i hit the Delete Button, my actual liveview acts just like Canon's firmware,which I had just upgraded to the latest version. Setting I change in ML menu,like assigning a movie record button,working but my screen is just the Canon's software.
PS: I am using a 8 GB sandisk extreme iii CF card

any ideas why it might be happening?

Thanks
Emin