[ctmagnus]

I just removed my SD card from my iPaq to do a scandisk on it, and when I went to reinsert it, it no longer fit in the unit. It goes most of the way in but stops about the length of the gold-coloured connectors on it short. The blank that shipped with the unit exhibits the same symptoms.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions?

:cry: :confused totally:

[ctmagnus]

I just removed my SD card from my iPaq to do a scandisk on it, and when I went to reinsert it, it no longer fit in the unit. It goes most of the way in but stops about the length of the gold-coloured connectors on it short. The blank that shipped with the unit exhibits the same symptoms.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions?

:cry: :confused totally:

[Dave Beauvais]

My guess would be the spring-loaded latch that holds the card in place is either jammed or broken. This happened with one of my early Casio E-200s. It's difficult to shine a flashlight into such a narrow slot while still leaving room to see in, but see if you can determine whether or not the latch is in the up or down position. If I look in my h5455 -- with the LCD facing toward me -- I can see a tiny silver spring on the left side of the slot under a sliding black tab. I'd suspect that if you can't see the spring, the latch may be stuck in down position.

--Dave

[ctmagnus]

I cannot see the spring but I can see the tab. Is there any way to remedy this, short of a warranty repair?

[Dave Beauvais]

When you removed the card, did you push down and let it spring out or did you just pull it out with a fingernail or something? If it came out properly, I can't really see how the latch would be stuck in the down position.

You might try pressing down on the latch with a tootpick or some other thin, non-metallic object to see if you can get it to move up or down.

--Dave
Fint print: If anything happens to your Pocket PC or your warranty is voided as a result of doing something I suggested, I'm not liable. You do this of your own free will.

[ctmagnus]

It's supposed to pop out? I thought it had to be pulled out. I could never get it out by pushing on it, only pulling it out. Same with the blank.

[ctmagnus]

Swiss Army knife saves the day again! :ninja:

Thank you so much for the help. Now I don't have to go a week without it while it's being repaired. I was not aware that SD had the "springy functionality" as I generally use CF cards or PC cards.

:rock on dude!:

[Dave Beauvais]

Originally Posted by ctmagnus

... I was not aware that SD had the "springy functionality" as I generally use CF cards or PC cards.

Yeah, you really should remove SD/MMC cards by pushing on them. Just pulling the card out is a nice way to break the latch inside. With new SDIO cards coming out which extend beyond the slot, I can see many SD slots being broken because people will just yank the card out.

Not all SD/MMC slots have the spring action, though... none of my SD card readers, for example, require that; the card just pulls out. On slots which do have the spring, however, you should use that when removing the card.

--Dave

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Dave Beauvais

Not all SD/MMC slots have the spring action, though... none of my SD card readers, for example, require that; the card just pulls out. On slots which do have the spring, however, you should use that when removing the card.

You can usually tell based on how far the card recesses into the unit. If it recesses completely, it's almost always a spring-locked solution. All my SD desktop readers recess the card about 50%.

--janak

[dunneldeen]

If it's spring loaded, why do they put beveled edges around the SD slot on a 2215? :wink:

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by dunneldeen

If it's spring loaded, why do they put beveled edges around the SD slot on a 2215? :wink:

That's the case with the 5550s also. I imagine to have some room to push the card in further in order to have it pop out.

One thing I wonder about... Before, the card just slid in with no problem, much like a CF card would function. Now the springiness is prevalent (on both insertion and removal) and it works the way Dave Beauvais describes. Was it always supposed to be like it is now or is (was) my unit goofy?