The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Sony memory stick duo stuck inside my A8J....help!!!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by scchien, Mar 5, 2007.

  1. scchien

    scchien Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    So this evening when I took the memory stick duo from my Sony Cybershot and insert into my A8J all-in-one multimedia card slot, it went in but won't come out!!! I've tried everything I can to get it out, but the memory stick seems to suck depper and deeper into the machine.

    What should I do? Should I just dissemble the notebook and forcefully take the card out? Any help or suggestion is appreciated!!!
     
    scchien, Mar 5, 2007
    #1
  2. ejl

    ejl fudge

    Reputations:
    1,783
    Messages:
    8,254
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    have you tried tweezers? also, have you tried just tilting it 90 degrees in hopes that the card will just fall out?
     
    ejl, Mar 5, 2007
    #2
  3. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    651
    Messages:
    3,497
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    I edited the title of the thread... typo made it sound like you had a stinky memory stick ;)
     
    AuroraS, Mar 5, 2007
    #3
  4. otakuoverlord

    otakuoverlord Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    23
    Messages:
    420
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Get a pair of tweezers or needlenose pliers and VERY CAREFULLY grab the end of the stick- wiggle it side to side as you very slowly pull it out. That should free it from the slot.

    EDIT: I'm thinking of very small computer-oriented needlenose pliers, they are very very thin...
     
    otakuoverlord, Mar 5, 2007
    #4
  5. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    703
    Messages:
    1,675
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I would recommend tweezers not pliers :p
     
    Airman, Mar 5, 2007
    #5
  6. scchien

    scchien Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Thx....I tried to get some tools to grab the stick out, but that seems just a waste of my effort; the card goes deeper into the machine.

    If I disassemble to take the card out, will I loose my information from the hard-drive?
     
    scchien, Mar 5, 2007
    #6
  7. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    651
    Messages:
    3,497
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Not sure how you're going to access the inside of the memory card reader, but good luck. If I were you, I'd stick to using tweezers... disassembling is probably harder to do. (and can void your warranty)
     
    AuroraS, Mar 5, 2007
    #7
  8. ProfessorChaos

    ProfessorChaos Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    36
    Messages:
    271
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I agree....I had the exact same problem when my dumbass friend stuck his ms duo card in the card reader of my A8J...

    my other buddy helped me get the card out after about 15 minutes...carefully using tweezers to eject the card....

    then my dumbass friend again...not 5 minutes after getting the card out of my notebook...goes to my friend who got the card out and used his toshiba notebook and got it stuck again into his notebook....
     
    ProfessorChaos, Mar 5, 2007
    #8
  9. Insane

    Insane Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    62
    Messages:
    506
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    if you have a steady hand you could try super gluing a tooth pick to the card and pull it out...


    insane
     
    Insane, Mar 5, 2007
    #9
  10. NZwaverider

    NZwaverider Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    94
    Messages:
    861
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I hope your friend doesnt drive................. :eek:

    Like Insane said, find an object, piece of plastic, something non porus, glue it and wiggle it out.
     
    NZwaverider, Mar 5, 2007
    #10