[ltp] PCMCIA card jammed in slot

[Helen Borrie]

At 03:16 PM 31/10/2005 +1100, you wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>Hope someone can help!  I have a Type III card in my (2) pcmcia slots and 
>it seems to be stuck.  I want to get it out....
>
>I followed the instructions in the manual, (TP 390E) pressing the two 
>eject buttons at the left sides of the two card slots to make them (the 
>buttons) pop out.  That bit worked.
>
>The next step was "Press it [the eject button] again until the PC Card 
>pops out".
>
>Hmm, what actually happened was that the top slot's button (the slot not 
>being used) pops in and out like the Devil at a Punch and Judy show.  But 
>the bottom slot's button just comes up against something and won't push in 
>at all.
>
>Note, I didn't have any problems when originally installing the 
>card.  Since then the TP hasn't been dropped, or bumped, or otherwise 
>exposed to trauma and the card worked fine.
>
>Any ideas?

OK, what finally worked was brute force.  I just needed to push hard enough.

:-)

cheers,
Helen