D70 Power Issue

My D70 won’t power up. When I put in a fresh battery into the body a green light in the back keeps blinking and no information appears on the LCD or anywhere for that matter. I thought it was a bad battery so I purchased a new one and I’m still having the same problem, any ideas? Thanks.

by Rich-Joseph Facun at Sat Feb 25 13:01:49 UTC 2006 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Tucson, AZ, United States | Bookmark this | Digg this |

Sounds like the "blinking green light of death (or BGLOD)", a common problem with the very first generation of D70 cameras. As far as I know, you can take it to Nikon and have it repaired at their cost.

by Jan-Edward Dijkhuizen | 25 Feb 2006 15:02 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |

Currious, I just having the problem this week. I correct the problem with a reset. I’m not sure if the problem will not re-appears. I hope that my camera will function correctly in the weeks to come. Keeps you inform of the situation.

by Martin Paquin | 26 Feb 2006 09:02 | Montreal, Canada |

Martin, If its BGLOD it will resolve a couple of times with a reset and then it wont. Here’s the service advisory fr the D70. http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=13688&p_created=1127751253&p_sid=qKLkLdRh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0xODUmcF9wcm9kcz0xOSw1NiZwX2NhdHM9fmFueX4mcF9wdj0yLjU2JnBfY3Y9MS5_YW55fiZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1

by Natasha Mhatre | 27 Feb 2006 03:02 | bombay, India |