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    SIGH, SD Card stuck in dvd drive

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Kyosukenasai, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. Kyosukenasai

    Kyosukenasai Notebook Guru

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    Hey all,

    Well now I know not to put an sd card in the laptop in a dark room, it went straight into the dvd drive slot on my m17x.

    EDIT:

    Managed to shake it out of there, lucky it didn't get caught on anything..
     
    Kyosukenasai, Apr 16, 2011
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  2. inap

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    Popsicle stick with double tape?
     
    inap, Apr 16, 2011
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  3. Juanderful

    Juanderful Notebook Consultant

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    Stuck it in the wrong hole I see... :D ;)

    good thing you got it out without much hassle though
     
    Juanderful, Apr 16, 2011
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  4. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    i hope you have better aim in the ummmmm romance department ;)
     
    steve1ddd, Apr 16, 2011
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  5. custom90gt

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    Dont worry man, happens to the best of us when in the dark...
     
    custom90gt, Apr 16, 2011
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  6. Juanderful

    Juanderful Notebook Consultant

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    :laugh: ...
     
    Juanderful, Apr 16, 2011
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  7. nzgeek

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    My wife did this with her laptop. I just used a bent paperclip to scoop the card out of the drive.

    If you do try this, use a plastic-covered paperclip and not a plain metal one. The last thing you want to do is to scratch the pick-up head of the laser!
     
    nzgeek, Apr 18, 2011
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  8. Zandranea

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    It happened exactly the same thing to me a few days ago.
    Only, I think it's really stuck in there.
    First I heard the sd move, I tried the bent paperclip and then I heard nothing.
    I'm gonna try again tomorrow, hoping the tape works for me too.
    But I'm not really hopefull :-s
    In the worst case scenario, I hope Alienware/Dell doesn't ask too much for the solution.
     
    Zandranea, Jun 17, 2011
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  9. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've done this before too. Before you get to creative trying to get it out and risk ruining something, remember that you can just tear the DVD drive out, and open it up to recover the SD card. Dell doesn't have to have anything to do with this. There are many tear-down videos on YouTube.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 17, 2011
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  10. N4TUR3

    N4TUR3 Notebook Guru

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    lol same thing happened to me as well but i used a toothpick to get the sd card out ^.^!
     
    N4TUR3, Jun 18, 2011
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  11. Smeggit

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    Just use a credit card and a really powerful magnet, the magnetic strip becomes strong enough to pick up the SD card. Oddly enough the more you value the credit card the better the trick works so use your best one.

    Failing that the vacuum may suck it out...
     
    Smeggit, Jun 18, 2011
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  12. TurbodTalon

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    Really powerful magnets and laptops don't mix in my opinion. I would just tear it apart and open up the DVD drive before I tried the magnet method.
     
    TurbodTalon, Jun 18, 2011
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