PROBLEM WITH REBEL XT

I got my Rebel XT back in Feb06. Last night when I tried to format the CF the menu wouldn't come on, but the camera turns on and you can take a shot. I thought the battery. I recharged and put it back, still, the menu or any of the back buttons (review, jump, stc) wouldn't come on. Has anybody experienced this problem before? What do you think the problem is? Let me know. Thanks.

hmmm that sounds odd...Maybe you can take out the small battery in it and see if it will totally reset itself

I just did that and nothing happened.

No idea..maybe time to send to canon. Unless someone else has an idea

Try a different CF card.
Or worse, grab a magnifier glass and check inside the CF compartment for a bent pin.

but he should still get a menu even with the CF card out and the door closed

weird, i had the same problem but i took the battery out, blew down the whole it goes into incase there was dust put it back and it works fine.
idunno if that will work for you though

Strange that Stavhp had a similar thing that was just power related.

Have you tried different batteries? Maybe the battery is bad/old and cannot hold a full charge.

If none of the buttons bring up anything on the screen it sounds to me like the LCD is kaput.

I think its back to Canon or shop...

Thanks. I tried everyone's adivse. I stick 6 AA into the battery grip to test if my NB2s are bad. Evandavies was right, the NB2s cannot hold full charge. REplacement on the way. The thing though is that the camera keeps registering that the battery is full. Is there a malfunction somewhere?

Thats pretty strange.
I've heard that with the grip the meter can read low with new batteries but not the opposite... reading full when they are empty !?!?!

Ah well, at least its not the camera