Help with D70's constant blinking green light

[Steve S]

I pulled out my D70 after a long idle period, only to discover a dead battery. I thought this odd, since it had a freshly charged one in it from barely 2 wks ago. So, I place another fresh battery in, and discover this constant blinking green light. The one that indicates writing to the CD card. Tried a different card, get the same thing. Anyone know what's going on here, and how I can fix it?

 

[Anthony747]

Hi Steve! The blinking green light is not a good. This link should be helpful.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1034&message=14198435

Anthony

 

[Steve S]

That's bad............

Mine's a VERY early example, the 1st one in my town, and this was a sudden failure. Looks like it goes in for repair. Sure not gonna try to fix it myself. D@mn, that's 1 cam & 2 lenses I gotta send in now! Dropped my 12-24 and my 200-400VR is acting up too.

 

[Flew]

Steve, my D70 has the BGLOD too. Gotta send it in. First the D2H and now the D70. What a pi$$er. :?

 

[JeffKohn]

As an early D70 owner I'm starting to wonder if it's a matter of "when", not "if" I become a BGLOD victim. At least Nikon still seems to be fixing the problem for free in most cases.

 

[Vinod Menon]

This is really beginning to get me worried... I have a short vacation coming up, I just hope it waits until I get back. I bought mine in March 2004 too. :shock:

 

[Ken-L]

I hope it isn't something contagious, spreading through the forum.....

 

[Gale]

Shuuda bought D100....lololol

Omg I better hush or it may fail on shuttle day.. Now that would really be a Pi$$ser