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    SIM card stuck in slot

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by lilxpresents, Jul 3, 2011.

  1. lilxpresents

    lilxpresents Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was curious so I took a SIM card from a phone and put it into what I thought was to be a SIM card slot underneath the battery. However the slot was just a few millimeters bigger and now my SIM card is stuck. I tried getting tweezers but that made it go in deeper so I shook the laptop like crazy and now it disappeared inside the laptop. Don't know how that happened but it did.

    Now I can't even see the SIM card and I'm screwed. In a last desperate attempt to get it out, I got a piece of paper with glue and shoved it into the slot and waited till it was try but still no luck.

    You guys think its possible to unscrew the bottom of the laptop and get it out? Would the Mobo or other things be in the way? I don't care what I do to the laptop as long as it can still work after I mess around with it. SCRATCHES NOT IMPORTANT!!

    The laptop is an really old Toshiba Satellite A200-TR6 if that matters.
     
    lilxpresents, Jul 3, 2011
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Check this thread for a disassembly guide. If there's nothing then you are on your own although a guide for a similar model may be helpful.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 3, 2011
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  3. alexUW

    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Since it is out of warranty, I say disassemble is your only option

    Good luck
     
    alexUW, Jul 3, 2011
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