Technical Difficulties
Nov. 25th, 2007 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athelindI just yanked the wireless card out of my trusty old IBM Transnote, and forgot to use the eject button in the process.
To nobody's surprise, I seem to have damaged the PC Card slot on my little buddy, probably bending at least one pin, and now, of course, I can't get the card back in.
Is there any slim CHANCE of being able to get this repaired without spending more than I would on a shiny new laptop?
EDIT: Thanks to the patience of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
margaras and jdarkwulf, everything is happy. It was not, in fact, a bent PIN, but a warp in the corner of the case -- fixed with a pair of pliers. Card slides neatly in now, the lights light up, and everyting is happy.
I even managed to finally get the connection 'twixt card and shiny new router working. Hooray!
Icon changed from "Facepalm" to "YAY".
To nobody's surprise, I seem to have damaged the PC Card slot on my little buddy, probably bending at least one pin, and now, of course, I can't get the card back in.
Is there any slim CHANCE of being able to get this repaired without spending more than I would on a shiny new laptop?
EDIT: Thanks to the patience of
margaras and jdarkwulf, everything is happy. It was not, in fact, a bent PIN, but a warp in the corner of the case -- fixed with a pair of pliers. Card slides neatly in now, the lights light up, and everyting is happy.I even managed to finally get the connection 'twixt card and shiny new router working. Hooray!
Icon changed from "Facepalm" to "YAY".
