E-500 Card Cover Problem

[ayrshiredude]

Hi

Ok I turned my E-500 on 10 Mins ago and it comes up with "Card Cover Open" message on the screen and will go no further. The card cover is securly closed, I have tried opening it and closing it and still get the same message. I notice there is a small pin sensor that, when the cover is closed, pushes in so I tried to push that in and still get the message. This is the first time I have seen this problem. The manual is pretty usless as it just says to close it Duh!.

Is there anything I can do as I need the camera for tomorrow for a function I am going to. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Greg McCary]

Well I don't shoot with the 500 any more but I just checked my E3. It has the same little button. When I push it in I lose the message "Card cover door open" and when I release it it comes back. So my guess is the switch bad, dirty or has the little plunger that pushes it down broke? The first thing I would try is to push the button up and down several times real fast and see if it knocks any dirt off of it.

[ayrshiredude]

Well I don't shoot with the 500 any more but I just checked my E3. It has the same little button. When I push it in I lose the message "Card cover door open" and when I release it it comes back. So my guess is the switch bad, dirty or has the little plunger that pushes it down broke? The first thing I would try is to push the button up and down several times real fast and see if it knocks any dirt off of it.

Thanks for your suggestion, I have tried that as well as blowing into it but that doesn't seem to have had any effect. Any other suggestions? Is there any way to reset the camera incase it is perhaps just a problem with the electronics that a reset would fix?

[ayrshiredude]

Update: I took the back cover off the camera and made sure the pin was free and clean which it seemed to be. however still no joy with it working.

[Greg McCary]

You might try using Olympus Master 2 and checking for a firmware upgrade.