Camera not reading card

My 8 month old Eos 70D has decided "Card Cannot Be Accessed". The only suggestion I can find for a solution is to format the card in the camera, but I cannot do this because of the error. I suppose it will be a warranty repair but it is concerning after 8 months that this problem would occur. Has anyone experienced this behaviour and how did you resolve it? I have tried different cards with the same result, pny and sandisk.

Hi OceanB
Welcome to Apple Discussions
First thing to check is the Finder Preferences!
Open Finder, then go up on the menu bar and select Finder > Finder Preferences. Now then in both the General and Sidebar tabs (sections) make sure that all the boxes are checked.
Also note that some cameras +(Canons and my new Nickon for examples)+ will not mount on the desktop or in finder, but if setup properly should open and mount in iPhoto or other selected photo software. To see and setup your photo storage devices, go to the Applications folder and open *Image Capture* and set it up to open the photo software you want to use.
If you think that you have a problem with the USB ports, check them with another device such as an External HD, iPod, etc.
If the ports are not working at all try the reset steps in the following article: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317?viewlocale=en_US
Dennis
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