The cards are held in place by guide rails and the friction of the pins when mated. The release button operates a lever
that pushes the card away from the pins and thus allows you to slide it out. If the button is missing it should be
possible to push the metal tab that the button attached to and release the card. However, if the button is missing in
the first place it may indicate further damage to the release mechanism.
The quick and dirty (and inadvisable) method:
Plug the network cable in the card then pull without pressing the release buttons on the sides of the plug. You may get
enough leverage to pop the card out.
The safe method:
Use my disassembly instructions on:
http://mrpcbman.tripod.com/backlight.htm
Once the card assembly is exposed a push on the lever will dislodge the card. It is at this stage that I would fit a
replacement button :)
Have Fun!
PCBman
-----Original Message-----
From: jrackley [mailto:jrackley_at_electronicbingo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:14 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: [NTLK] Stuck PCMCIA button on 21k
Hiya all,
I've got a 2100 that came with one of the PCMCIA card buttons (the ones that
pop out and release a PCMCIA card) broken off. Now, the person who sold it
to me said you should be able to pop the card out with a screw driver, but I
for the life of me have not been able to.
What I want to be able to do is swap out my modem and networking card
depending on where I am (home or office). Then I want to have a more or less
permanant home for my Linear Flash card. However, currently my networking
card is stuck in the unit, and I can't get it out :P. (I would pop out my
flash in case of a hard reset, but I don't do those all too often).
So, is there some kind of trick to getting that card to release? I've tried
needle nose pliers on the card, but I only managed to scuff it up. It wasn't
going to budge.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-Eagan Rackley
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