Probook 6540b card reader

Hi all!
I've got an issue with the card reader on my hp.
It just won't hold the SD cards in place.
If i hold it with my finger it reads the card, but it won't fixate in there.
If i release the finger the card comes out. On my m1730 i put the card inside, it locks in, i press it, it goes out. So i assume it's a problem with the reader.
Anybody else encountered that behaviour?

Thanks in advance!

 

bump..
anybody ?

 

i have 6440b, which i think should be similar.
the sd card slot is fine on mine.

i have a question for you. do you experience a missing memory or so on your 6540b?

 

What do you mean?

 

i have 4gb intalled.
the total physical memory is 3.86gb
the available memory is only 2.4-2.8gb

 

Hmm. That's weird. Mine shows 3.8 available.

 

and yours is 4gb installed?

 

Yes it does have four gigs

 

To address the original question, the spring latch that holds the card in place is probably damaged. I wouldn't bother trying to get it fixed when a card reader is $10. But that's just me, i don't use memory cards all that often.

 

Thanks for your answer. Thing is- this is my second unit, the first one was replaced a week ago and both have the exact same issue. So I assume it is some kind of a design flaw.

 

You could call it a design issue - my DV5 has this spring latch, but on the DV9000 the card is simply pushed in place, and pulled out using fingers. It works just fine... But it does make the card stick out from the notebook a little (obviously so it can be grabbed), so i guess this is why it was dropped in the favor of the spring system.

 

thanks for your help. but right now it is completely unusable since there is a spring there pushing it out, but no latch to hold it in so i need to apply a reasonable amount of force to hold it in while i copy stuff. Ridiculous..