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Chef Guillermo
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Chef Guillermo asked in Consumer ElectronicsCameras · 1 decade ago

Blinking Green Light of Death on D40x?

I've been experiencing this problem for a couple days now, when the camera is turned off, however if I remove the SD memory card, the green light will stop blinking.

The camera works as usual, without any problems; the blinking appears only when its off.

Anyone knows what this could be? or should i send it to Nikon. I bought it in France and im in Norway so how can i do that?

Thanks!

Update:

I have a 4 gb Panasonic SDHC class 6 card and i format it probably twice a month. I formatted and removed it for 5 minutes and after reinserting it, the led didn't flash anymore. Thanks!.

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  • screwdriver
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Sounds like you have a corrupted SD card for any of the reasons listed here.

    http://www.digicamhelp.com/accessories/memory-card...

    Try another SD card. Rescue software may be able to retrieve your pictures.

    The only safe way to use memory cards is;-

    1) Format the card IN CAMERA.

    2) Take your pictures

    3) COPY the pictures to your hard drive(s)

    4) Format the card IN CAMERA ready for your next shots.

    If you buy San Disc Extreme 3 cards they have the ability to use spare memory (all memory cards have spare memory pages) and reconfigure themselves to ignore the corrupted memory page, and you get the rescue software for free. Definitely worth the extra.

    Memory cards are not designed for long term storage, for that use multiple hard drives, not CD/DVD as they will lose the data at some point usually due to atmospheric contamination.

    Chris

  • ripslymemc
    1 decade ago

    okay I have an Olympus E510 and I don't want you to ruin your precious D40x further, but it sounds like the problem is in your sd card. Try moving everything on the card to a computer and then try reformatting the card. This can be done via right click in my computer. When your sd card pops up as a removable drive, right click and select format. If that doesn't help, try another sd card, and that should work.

    ask around before sending it to nikon. the postage alone will set you back quite a bit. good luck.

  • Grouse mouse
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    i would dare say it is the internal battery..mite have got a faulty one.

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