20D PC Firmware Issue

[Jarrad]

Today I decided to update to the firmware (1.1.0) on my EOS 20D because I believe I'm having some Banding issues (that's another story).

I removed the lens, formatted the CF Card, made sure that the battery was at full charge, downloaded the firmware and plugged in the USB cable.

Apparently a drive named "Removable drive" is supposed to appear. It doesn't.

When I plug the camera into the PC via USB I see: http://xs20.xs.to/pics/05116/Firm.JPG
A is obviously a floppy drive. C & F are my Hard Disks. D is a CD/DVD ROM drive. E is a DVD-RW RAM Drive. G, H & I are ghost drives used by software. The Only thing that changes when I plug the USB cable to the Camera is that "EOS 20D" appears.

I try to paste the firmware file in each drive that's not a hard disk or a CD/DVD drive (Including the EOS 20D), and I receive the message "Please insert disk...".

I tried on my laptop as well. Same deal.

I have USB 1.0 in each computer. I don't know if that's an issue, but I thought it might be useful info. I tried using both the USB cable that came with the 20D (first) and then the USB cable from my G5. My OS is Windows XP Professional on each computer as well.

Anyone know what the problem is?
Did I forget to do something?

Thanks :)
Jarrad

EDIT: I also tried to load the firmware on tto a CF card using my G5 and it acted the same way.

[poke]

Have you loaded the canon software on the PC?

[Jarrad]

Have you loaded the canon software on the PC?

Yes.
I even tried pasting the firmware file on the 20D through the EVU program. That wouldn't work either.

[Volatile]

I thought you could put the file on your CF card and then put it in the camera. No?

[Jarrad]

I thought you could put the file on your CF card and then put it in the camera. No?


I don't have an external card reader. The Only way my CF cards can communicate with the PC is through the camera.

[glangston]

$10-$20 for a card reader. That was the way Canon Service Center updated mine. They took the lens off and removed my CF card and inserted their CF card with the Firmware and in 2-3 minutes it was done. Call them at 1 800 828-4040 or 1 949 753-4200 and I'm pretty sure they'll be able to give you a quick answer. The guy that did it was the one taking cameras in for repair or testing, the first guy you see in the lobby.

[Mudflap66]

Question; I purchased a 20D about four months ago. The filmware ver is 1.0.5., I have shot some 1200 photos and no problems. Do I need to upgrade to the 1.1.0. filmware or "if it ain't broke don't fix it" type of deal?
Thanks

[dhbailey]

There's a setting in the setup menus on the 20D that concerns how it communicates with other devices. It's called Communication and has 2 settings: normal and PTP. I believe this needs to be set to Normal for communications to work with the computer.

[Jarrad]

There's a setting in the setup menus on the 20D that concerns how it communicates with other devices. It's called Communication and has 2 settings: normal and PTP. I believe this needs to be set to Normal for communications to work with the computer.

I just checked and my camera has been set to normal the entire time.

[alan sh]

The instructions say to use a card reader to write the upgrade to the CF card. Please do that. Any other method may cause the upgrade to fail and you will have a dead camera.

As to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" - yes, follow that rule.

Alan

[Tom Reid]

Have you installed the software that came with the camera? Might make a difference.

[Hellashot]

I have a Drebel. But I've seen posts here about 20D does not appear on your computer as a seperate hard drive when plugged into a computer. So you need a card reader in order to put the new firmware on the card (you didn't need to format the card you were using, just put it on it not in a directory). Then put the card in the camera, turn it on, and it should ask you if you want to install the firmware.

[robertwgross]

In the old days, some Canon user would download a new firmware file from the Canon web site. That would then be on their computer hard disk. Then they would try to transfer that file directly to the affected camera, and it would fail. The mistake was that they needed to "unpack" the ZIP file on the computer first, and then put the unpacked firmware file onto the CF card (via card reader), and then put that CF card into the camera and switch on. The camera would sense that there is a new sheriff in town, and things would be updated in the camera. VOILA!

---Bob Gross---

[glangston]

From the horse's mouth.

http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/eos20d/eos20d_firmware-e.html

Must be downloaded to CF