Stuck Sony memory card in SD card slot on laptop...

[mhnievera]

Ok...I got it working finally.. thanks for the advice about having 2 steak knives...I used it my SD card is out .... it surely works....

[mhnievera]

Thanks Jaydflow for the advise on two steak knives to pull out the sd card.....

[sj1335]

My Mom just removed the SD card wonderfully with two toothpicks on either side! One person can prop the computer with a flashlight while the other works the toothpicks. Try this before going with the super-glue method.

[sj1335]

thank you for the many good and creative suggestions! thanks to the poster who mentioned the toothpicks; even though it didn't work well for them at the time.

[scaryjim]

This thread is a perfect argument for not auto-locking threads after pre-determined amount of time

Maybe, but it's a shame so few of these people stay on to become regular contributing members...

[Agent]

Still nice that people are signing up just to say thanks though

[Bepoplay]

i signed up to say thanks and LOL when i put it in i didnt here a click so i thought OH **** im suprised so many people have this problem. But if any of u did this for ur psp... just use a usb.

[ty4thisthread]

well, i'm one of the idiots that also got a memory stick pro duo stuck in my laptop's card reader, and wanted to thank this thread for being open. however i did not use any of the solutions posted, i believe this thread helped me with thinking of other possible solutions.

at first i tried using two toothpicks as mini chopsticks to pry the bastard out, but that ended up pushing the card in further. i then contemplated with the different options in this topic, while looking around the house for things to use and i thought of my master plan to free my laptop of the dastardly memory card:

i saw tape.

haha

i then proceeded to put tape on one toothpick, making a mini flag. i stuck that into the card reader, used the second toothpick to flatten the tape onto the memory card and from there it was a piece of cake.

thanks again for the thread. good luck to others that find themselves in this dilemma ^^

[finallyitworked]

again....i registered just to contribute to this.
I used a playing card about 3/4 the size of the slot...i'm sure any card would work or paper, and slid it underneath the stuck sd card, then wiggled the playing card and the sd card came out with it. had to go back and forth a few times, but literally finished in 30 seconds. this is the solution somebody else (sorry i can't remember username) posted i think, and it WORKS. honestly don't do superglue, hairpins, etc, cause of the risk of damaging the sd card reader. luckily mine is still okay after i did all that, but so frustrating to have spent all day trying different methods, and this so simple and easy.

[crisa]

i use a pci slot cover from a pc the thin silver ones to remove broken floppies from machines this might have the same effect

This worked for me. I bended slot cover so much that it fitted. The edge was sharp in the end so it took a good grip and I pulled it easy out. Be sure to put it on right side, there is copper wires sicking up on one side.

Thanks for the tip

[Beasty]

Thank you SOOO much!

I registered just to say thanks, pretty much the way to fix it is to use the memory stick duo adaptor, I bet you can find it online anywere it worked the first try

THANKS!!!!

[kayzee]

Thanks guys !!! I used the toothpicks methods ... effective !! yella tc

[Aojiroi]

Lol..googled this and was fairly surprised so many ppl had this problem!

what i did was use a spring hair clip (i can't post a url but you can google it) and poke it in without opening it. once you hook it under or above it, pop the clip open and hook one edge of it on the other side of the memory card. pop it close again, trapping the memory card in between the hair clip.
then just pull it out. one minor glitch is that it won't come out fully so you might need to trap the memory card about half of the depth of the hair clip.

i hope this makes sense.

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! ^.^ I tried just about everything, the meta tools, paper clips, even the keychain card thing. Thankfully the clip worked with the first try. <3

[misscheerful]

I too have registered to say thanks for all the suggestions and thankfully not the only one who did this silly thing!

I would recommend to using strips of cardboard one thicker than the other and inserting between them and then slowly wiggling out while holding it upside down. Unfortunately I tried the nail file and may have become to aggressive so my slot is now damaged but I always had an adapter so thats the good news and my card is useable!

Good luck to everyone else who comes across this!

[neonplanet40]

Seems were gonna need more toothpicks!

[cool_blade]

Just registered with the forum to say thanks !!!!

Alternatively i used to knives to push out my memory card !!!