CF to SD adapter - 5DII works, 7D plays dead

Started by Intenditore, October 06, 2021, 03:59:07 PM

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Intenditore

It's not quite an ML-related topic, but I don't know a community more tech-savvy to ask it. So I'll be glad if you can help.
I've got a CF to SD adapter which works nicely with 5DII. It's working the same way in card reader. But as I plug it into my 7D I bought it for it doesn't start/boot - no signs of life at all. After I remove it - everything is fine.
It works normally with Lexar CF though.
I also noticed one interesting thing. I have an old "bad" battery giving "Battery communication error. Use this battery?". It works though.
And if I plug the adapter and try to start the camera, than remove this battery and after some time plug it in again - I get a blinking battery on the top lcd  :o
Nothing else happens though.
Can you give me a clue, what is this and how to get it working?

Walter Schulz

Take a standard CF card. Copy nightly build for 7D on it and run installation. Wait for 60 seconds for timeout to deinstall camera bootflag.
Now test again with adaptered card.

Intenditore

Wuaauw  :o
It worked!
I thought bootflag is an attribute of a card, not camera, so didn't even think previews ML installation could interfere with it somehow. Especially if it works with another card.
Many thanks, that was easy)