Did I brick my T3i/600D?

danielcanon · February 22, 2014, 09:43:05 PM

Hi.
First I put only 600d.fir on the card and it showed a error. Then I put 600d.fir and "ML" folder; I tried to install it but I think I bricked my camera because I didn't put autoexec.bin on the SD.

I tried everything: Canon battery, generic battery, Sandisk card, generic card, microSD card.

Did I brick it?

Edit: I also tried the diagnostic tools (I don't know if I did it right), but it only blinks when I remove the battery.

tjaja · February 22, 2014, 09:46:59 PM

Have u turned on boot flag checksum on your card?

danielcanon · February 22, 2014, 09:47:33 PM

How do I do that?

tjaja · February 22, 2014, 09:49:21 PM

http://wiki.magiclantern.fm/install

Please follow the install procedure, read it. Then when you are stuck somewhere you can be helped.

danielcanon · February 22, 2014, 09:51:07 PM

Ok.

danielcanon · February 22, 2014, 10:49:14 PM

I made a bootable SD with EOSCard and it blinks when I change AF/MF on the lens, when I open the battery compartment and when I turn on/off the camera, but the LCD, the autofocus and the viewfinder aren't working

Walter Schulz · February 22, 2014, 10:54:51 PM

You need AUTOEXEC.BIN and ML directory on the card, too. Have you?

danielcanon · February 22, 2014, 10:57:48 PM

Yes, I put it on the card and installed with EOSCard.

Walter Schulz · February 22, 2014, 11:08:45 PM

http://www.magiclantern.fm/downloads.html
Download v2.3, expand content, copy files to the card.

danielcanon · February 22, 2014, 11:33:03 PM

I did that

tupp · February 22, 2014, 11:42:57 PM

I don't that it is clear whether you copied the files directly or whether you copied the files by somehow using "EOSCard."

1% · February 23, 2014, 12:04:58 AM

Did you try no card after a battery pull?

danielcanon · February 23, 2014, 01:37:11 AM

Quote from: tupp on February 22, 2014, 11:42:57 PM
I don't that it is clear whether you copied the files directly or whether you copied the files by somehow using "EOSCard."

I put the files on the card then I used EOSCard.

Quote from: 1% on February 23, 2014, 12:04:58 AM
Did you try no card after a battery pull?

Yes, no blink. Nothing.

1% · February 23, 2014, 03:34:03 AM

Yea, it wouldn't blink when there is no card.. except when the SD sense switch inside is broken.

Battery out, card out, battery in + door close. Camera on. Also try changing to other modes and hitting the info button. Look in the VF too when its on and see if there is any light.

danielcanon · February 25, 2014, 10:41:51 PM

No, there isn't light on VF.

tjaja · February 25, 2014, 11:36:21 PM

Do you have a spare battery?

danielcanon · February 27, 2014, 07:29:43 PM

Yes.

rainless · April 06, 2014, 02:17:09 PM

I think it's RIDICULOUSLY hard to brick this camera.

I had a similar problem: I thought the camera was off so I switched cards, turns out it was just in standby mode. The two cards had two different versions of ML. (a nightly. and TL) so when I brought the camera out of sleep mode there was an error and it shut down and wouldn't boot with any card but the TL card. (It also wouldn't boot with NO card in the camera).

I had to take out the battery multiple times and try different combinations of having a card and not having the card in the camera. I think I was finally able to get it to boot with a card that never had ML on it. Then with no card in. Then after that it finally worked with all cards. Including the nightly card.

So I would try that: A card with no ML and no card. And keep taking the battery out and putting it back in.

If that light is still coming on when you insert the battery or open the SD card slot... then I doubt it's really bricked.

Also try connecting the camera to an HDMI monitor.

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