Joleen,
This list had a similar discussion a few
months back with a loose hardware was inside
a BrailleNote. There was even an anecdote of
a person inserting an SD card "accidentally"
into the CF slot and retrieving it at the PC
card slot.
I have several theories: Inside the CF card
slot there is a horizontal piece on the
either side of the slot. This ensures that
the CF cards go in as intended. One of my
theory is that this horizontal bar (on either
side of the CF slot) might have been cut off.
Secondly, CF slot is not "tied to the
backside" as many people think. Actually, it
is not. There is a slight difference between
the hight of the CF slot and the back side.
If you put your finger inside the upper part
of the CF card, you might notice that there
is a a bit of difference between the hight of
the CF card slot and the back side just
outside the CF card (about an mm). Also you
might have noticed that the texture on the
back panel is dierent from the CF slot. So
the second theory is that the failure of
inside structure has occurred (either because
of malfunction or a hardware failure
resulting from a cut off piece that
interferes with the slot) and this requires
not just replacement of the area around the
CF slot, but possibly the replacement of the
entire motherboard chipset (including the CF
slot itself) or an entire unit must be
replaced (as in Alex's example shows).
So, from my analysis, the replacement of the
CF slot is in order. If it does not work,
then the replacement of the entire unit is in
order (this is because CF slot is connected
to the motherboard and it is not possible to
replace the CF slot alone because the entire
unit must be disassembled and must be
reassembled with the functioning CF slot).
I'm sorry that this has happened to you
again.
Cheers,
Joseph
Skype: joslee22590 PddS. I just know this
answer; I don't have any explanations as to
how I got this answer (it just came out of my
head).
----- Original Message -----
From: Joleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Braille Note List
<<[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:30:35 -0800
Subject: [Braillenote] Hardware Concern, CF
Slot
Hi All,
I noticed, soon after receiving my mPower
last September, that
something was loose in the CF slot. I
frequently would have to
use my finger to move or slide it out of the
way in order to put
the CF card in the slot. Concerned that
something had broken, I
called tech support. They suggested that I
send it in. I did.
Shortly after getting it back a month later,
I began noticing the
same problem. I called tech support again
and they told me that
I could send it in again. I persisted with
the very helpful
person. That person looked up the work done
by using my RMA
number. In fact, there was no mention of
anything lose in the
area of the CF slot. They had not addressed
it at all even
though the note was there that something was
in the way of the CF
card.
Now, I am not willing to send it in again
only for them to do
nothing. I want to know here if anyone else
has the same problem
with the CF slot as I describe? If there is
a hardware expert
monitoring the list, is there any danger in
leaving it.
Everything seems to be working.
I really don't want to send it in again and
again only not to
have my concern addressed. I would also like
the telephone tech
support people to be impowered to give
appropriate advice. If
this is "normal" then let them tell us that.
Thanks for any information on this.
Joleen
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