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I just solved this same problem on an HP Pavillion DV5000 laptop.
Short Answer
Get the adapter. Push it (open end first) into the reader slot all the way to go over the stuck card. Then pull it out slowly.
The wire teeth in the slot are what is holding the smaller card in.
The adapter's plastic cover slides over the stuck card and allows it slide out past the teeth.
Long Story
Memory card from camera was put in the laptop slot without the adapter, which resulted in it being stuck in the slot.
The adapter is rectangular and longer than the camera memory card (which is squarish) and is needed so the small memory card does not get stuck.
HP Support Useless
Called HP support and they suggested either mail laptop in for repair (still under warranty) with at least 2 weeks without the laptop, or bring it in to a local dealer (the suggested Geek Squad at Best Buy or anyone similar) who would charge for the repair. Forget that.
6 Hour Waste of Time
I took apart the laptop to get at the card reader from the back to push the card out. Took the laptop apart down to the motherboard and had to remove parts from the motherboard to get to the card reader only to find that the reader does not come off the motherboard and there is no way to get in the reader from the back. Put it all back together (fragile and scary). 6 hours of work for nothing.
Solution
I looked in the reader slot and realized that the pin teeth on top and bottom of the slot were probably what was holding in the card in there. I just needed two slim pieces of plastic to slide in above and below the stuck card to get it out. That's when I realized that the adapter sitting here was plastic and just the right size as that is what it was made for.
I pushed the adapter into the reader slot, open end first, encapsulating the stuck card. I slowly pulled it out and the stuck card came out a little. I pushed the adapter in again all the way and pulled out slowly and the stuck card came out far enough for me to grab and remove it.
That took 30 seconds.
6 wasted hours for a 30 second solution.
That's kinda what most computer work is like.
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