My EOS 350D shows ERR 02

[Johnh5x]

After many years fault free my 350D now shows ERR 02 on start up and won;t open up at all to shoot or view find.  Battery is in and charged and so is the memory card - any ideas anyone?  Many thanks - John

[Waddizzle]

Well, between the card and the camera, one of them has failed.  Try a new card, and hope for the best.  If the camera has failed, the cost to repair may well exceed the cost of a new camera.

[kvbarkley]

Too bad that they don't make a little contact cleaner in the SD form factor. That might cure a lot of the ERR 02's we see.

[Johnh5x]

Thanks for the comment.  I have a spare card and will try it and also checkthe battery which was charged overnight but hadn't previously been used for a year.  Have recently bought a Panasonic Lumix which is much easier to carry around but was trying to get this operational as a spare.  Thanks again.

[Johnh5x]

Will try a cotton bud and some contact cleaner - thanks for the idea.

[kvbarkley]

You really can't on SD card connections, hence my idea.

[Johnh5x]

Got you, was going to try the connectors in the camera and then put the card in, thought it might be worth a try.

[jrhoffman75]

Google "Laserline Clear Connections 4-in-1 Memory Card Slot Cleaner"

[kvbarkley]

Thanks for that.

Darn, there goes my idea to make a million bucks.

Should we recommend these for non-CF Card ERR 02?

Worth a shot.

[Johnh5x]

And my 10% for giving you then opportunity to think of it!  Somebody always rains on the parade!!  Thanks for the comments everybody, I'll crack on and see if I can get it working otherwise it's the recycling bin!  Cheers from a very wet UK.