Saying memory card error card locked! - Canon Powershot A480 - Silver Digital Camera

Oops. The little latch on the side in the unlock position, should engage a switch in the camera, indicating the memory card is not writ protected. It is not an electrical switch doing something in the memory card. But is the switch in the camera is defect, you get the same result. If someone once tried to press in a memory card, the wrong way around, this could have been the cause of a damaged switch. Just check the memory card slot, of nothing is in the cardholder, blocking the little switch from working correct. Sure the switch is in the up position, like in the picture?

What type and size memory card? The A430 works with SD cards. It won't work with SDHC cards.

SD cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the metal contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card.

If your camera is the type that uses SD cards, then your problem is that the camera was developed in 2004 before SDHC cards were invented. Your camera cannot use them.

How big is its capacity ? Some device can only support memory card at certain maximum capacity, if you inserted card with higher capacity it wouldn't able to read it and it would say "card error".
Try to insert another card with lower capacity. i.e. if you have got "card error" notification for inserting 4 Gb memory card, try to insert 2 Gb card

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Move the slide switch on the side of the card.

pull the card out

find the slide button on the side and slide it to the "unlock" position

put card back in

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Format memory card by using card reader, then try it.

there should be a little swith on the side of the card. switch to the opposite and then try

I had the same problem - just put the lock button of the card to the lock position and than again to the unlock position

Take the card out. On the left side of the card is a tiny white switch. Reverse the position.