Yes,I had a PC card slot go bad on me (not my Newt
mind you, but in one of the inferior handhelds)
Turned out that a substandard pc card was inserted
(the guide rails were flawed) at a bad angle. This
bent a single pin completly over. The card could be
fully inserted, but one pin was bent down. The
troubling aspect here was not only was the pin bent
but it was shorting out another pin in the process!
After I opened the machine to straighten the bent pin,
it broke off and the device was scrap! (not worth
fixing)
Oh well...I dont use the slot anymore...but sometimes
I use it as a backup device...
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- John Baxter <jbaxter@kscable.com> wrote:
> Has anyone ever had a PC card slot fail in their
> precious Newton?
>
> I have a UMP2K with about three months daily use on
> it. After working
> perfectly for three months, it seems that no card I
> put into the
> upper slot will work in that slot. The lower slot
> works fine. Anyone
> have any ideas what I might do? Thanks.
> --
> John Baxter, Acme Design Company
> jbaxter@acmecompany.com
> http://www.acmecompany.com
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