Digital camera dead after firmware download

Hi!
I downloaded firmware from OLYMPUS site (from link on Olympus Master 2 .app) to my digital camera FE220-X785.
As it reached the end of an (apparently successful) download, the camera went 'dead'. now nothing I can do will open it. Any attempt to connect camera to computer gets the message 'cannot detect camera'. The battery was and is fully charged and I followed instructions.
Another weird thing - maybe unconnected - is that when I restart my computer, the Olympus app starts up also. (I don't have it on my dock and I've checked all the preferences etc.)
The very clever advice from Olympus is that there is something wrong with my camera! (Where do they get these people from?)
Is there a way I can try to remedy this from files in my computer or has the download 'broken into' a circuit in the/a chip in the camera? Or something equally geekie?
I'm using this forum because iphoto (I have version 2) is the default app and till now works well and I wonder if there is any conflict with olympus app.
Any thoughts anyone?
Thanks
Gordon

Gordon,
Any attempt to connect camera to computer gets the message 'cannot detect camera'.
I assume this is true in iPhoto. Is this also the case in Image Capture? Does the System Profiler detect the camera as a USB connected device? In general, if the System Profiler can't see the camera, then there isn't much else you can do.
Another weird thing - maybe unconnected - is that when I restart my computer, the Olympus app starts up also. (I don't have it on my dock and I've checked all the preferences etc.)
Go to your System Preferences, click on Accounts, then select the Login Items tab. Is the Olympus app listed there? Another approach is to launch the Olympus app, then Right-click (control-click) its icon in the Dock. See if "Open at Login" is selected, and de-select it.
Is there a way I can try to remedy this from files in my computer or has the download 'broken into' a circuit in the/a chip in the camera? Or something equally geekie?
If you had the previous version of the firmware you could try downloading it back to your camera, to downgrade it. I don't know how, since you can't get the computer to acknowledge the camera. Olympus would have to help you there.
I'm using this forum because iphoto (I have version 2) is the default app and till now works well and I wonder if there is any conflict with olympus app.
Try placing the camera card into a USB media card reader. The card should mount on the Desktop as an external device so that you can save your photos to the Mac. You could do this via drag and drop in the Finder, using Image Capture, or using iPhoto. If there are no photos currently on the camera card, then use the camera to reformat the card before taking new photos. If the format of the card got corrupted, that can interfere with the camera being recognized by the computer.
If you upgrade your OS to Leopard, then you will no longer be able to run iPhoto 2.
Regards.

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