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Subject: SD-card with lock broken
Category: Computers > Hardware
Asked by: pwester-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 25 Jul 2005 12:36 PDT
Expires: 24 Dec 2005 05:34 PST
Question ID: 547726
The little write protect tab on my SD-card broke off.
I can read the card, but not write on it or remove the pictures on it.
How can I repair the card?

Card type: Scan Disk 128Mb
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Subject: Re: SD-card with lock broken
From: mrasmus-ga on 02 Aug 2005 03:19 PDT
 
Can you see a slide where the tab was? If you can see the stub that
connected to the tab, and you can use something small (pin, paper
clip) to shift that to the other side, you will then have write access
to it. You will need to use the same method to read-only lock it
again, but if you can shift it out of that mode, it should work fine.

Matthew Rasmussen
Subject: Re: SD-card with lock broken
From: krummery-ga on 16 Aug 2005 07:01 PDT
 
I;m pretty sure the little tab has no direct control over access to
your sd card, I've seen devices which ignore the write protect switch
and write to a card no matter what the state of the switch. the tab on
an sd card for the write protect has no electrical connection to the
chip. It operates like the punch tabs on an old VHS tape or the write
protect on a 3 1/4" floppy disk in that the READING device detects the
position of the switch through a sensor (in the case of an SD card a
metal pin that closes a switch in the reading device) and then the
write protect is honored on the part of the accessing device. the way
you reversed "read only" on a VHS tape was to put tape over the open
hole where the tab was before you punched it out. you need to find a
equivalent way to replace the tab on your sd card so the switch in the
reader is closed when the card is inserted.
Subject: Re: SD-card with lock broken
From: eaglejohn-ga on 27 Aug 2005 09:40 PDT
 
I had the same problem. The system works like written here above, so
take a small piece of paper or something rigid and attach it to your
SD card on the place where the lock button has been with a thin tape
(thin is neceassary otherwise you cannot slide it in the slot
anymore). If it fills the gap the SD card will work again.

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