Re: [NTLK] 20 MB memory cards for sale

Hi,
This is possibly being caused by the following. This came up in
relation to a PICO Bluetooth card earlier this year which was causing
another member similar grief. Wouldn't go all the way in. What solved
it was ………

On the back panel of your Newton back off a quarter turn at a time
one or both of the screws on the side nearest the PCMCIA card slots.
By back off I mean undo;-)

Then try the offending card again. Any PCMCIA card should never have
to be forced into a PC card slot. It will cause physical damage.
PCMCIA cards are built to a uniform standard though you may strike
some tiny differences from make to make due to manufacturing tolerances.

If your Newton has ever been taken apart then someone may have
reassembled it with undue force when it came to replacing the rear
panel.

Reminds me of a story concerning a hardware training course on taking
apart Apple laptops and iBooks in particular. 6 students ALL turned
up with their own toolkits including electric screwdrivers. The
latter were removed from their sight for the duration of the course!

PS: I have purchased cards from the same seller and from Russ Bravo
and haven't had any issues with either. I suspect both sources of
card originated from the same place actually.

regards
Andrew

On 14/08/2006, at 3:51 PM, newtontalk@newtontalk.net wrote:

> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:10:21 +0200
> From: "G. Isten" <gisela@tariffenet.it>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] 20 MB memory cards for sale
>
> Hallo Frank & Russ,
>
>> Q: May I answer this post by replying to the list?
>> A: Sure. Provided you don't mind hard objects moving at an alarming
>> speed towards body parts you'd rather keep intact.
>
> I am afraid I am actually doing it -- asking a 20-MB-card question
> on the list! :-) But then, this message had already been planned,
> because I do actually own a 20 MB card that I purchased on eBay a
> while back, and from the same guy that Roman mentioned.
>
> The problem with the card is, it won't go all the way into the
> 2100, unless one applies undue force, which I am rather unwilling
> to do (I've done it once, with another card, and ever since I've
> been experiencing a somewhat erratic ejection behaviour on that slot).
>
> The reason seems to be that the grooves on the sides of the card
> aren't quite as deep (or rather, long) as the other cards in my
> possession, and they are also of a slightly different shape, so the
> card sticks out (and quite a bit at that, some 4 mm) and therefore
> doesn't get in deep enough to connect. Strangely enough, though,
> those grooves seem absolutely identical to those of my 3Com LAN
> card, and that slides in and out just fine.
>
> The eBay seller says he'd never had such a 'groovy' problem before
> and promised to look into the matter and, if need be, replace my card.
>
> But that experience leads me to ask the following question about
> the cards you guys are selling: What are the grooves on your cards
> like? Have you ever heard of/encountered a similar issue?
>
> Ciao,
>
> Gisela

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