This is Joseph. If the card is working preperly but if you have trouble
inserting the card, then maybe one of the pins might have been broken.
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From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] Broken card?
Hi, guys. I had an experience today I've never had before, and want to
get your thoughts on it. I'll need to give you some background first.
In April, 2001, I bought a pcmcia card (my first-ever memory card) from
Humanware. I've used it both at home and at work for all these years, and
have tons of different types of files on it: my journal, books, a Bible,
work stuff, etc., etc., etc. I keep it in the zipper compartment in my
mPower case. Every morning I take it out, put it in a little coin purse,
which I then put either in my purse or pocket, take it to work and pop it
into the slot on my BN (a classic, with the original mother board with
just the side slot), where it stays all day. When I go home, I pop it
out, put it back into its coin purse, take it home and put it back into
the zipper compartment of the mPower case, where it stays unless/until I
need something from it. It worked fine yesterday. Well, this morning
when I got to work, it wouldn't insert into my BN. I rotated it in
several different directions off and on for several minutes, and still it
wouldn't go. I have the SuperDisk drive at work, so tried inserting the
card from that, which went in easily. Finally, after nearly an hour, in
between doing my work duties, the card eventually went in. I'm very
gentle with my cards, never forcing them, even if I know they're going in
the right way. I don't want to damage anything. Anyway, I used the card
the rest of the day, and then when I got home, I inserted it into the
mPower to see what would happen. It started to stick when it was almost
in, but then slid in with no problem, and was recognized and useable. All
other cards worked fine, without sticking. I then tried to insert it into
my card reader, and had the same problem I'd had with my BN at work. My
husband tried, and after jiggling it a little, it worked okay in the card
reader with the 'puter. From all my experiences, I'm thinking my pcmcia
card might be going bad, or that something might be bent on it, though I
don't know how that could happen, since, as I said, I'm very careful with
my cards. There does seem to be a slight dent in the surface of the card.
My husband also said it's possible that one of the little teeth on the
card could be bent a little.
So I'm wondering if any of you have had experiences like this. Do cards
eventually wear out? Now that it's working again, is there any danger to
my mPower at home or my BN at work if I continue to use the card until I
can get a new one? According to my husband, if it's a bent tooth on the
card, it just won't go in far enough to damage any pins on the machines,
but since these machines aren't cheap, I don't want to take any chances.
Thoughts?
Peggy
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