the microSD card in my e260v2 is stuck. I can neither push it in in order to make it jump out nor pull it out with my fingers.
The first time I inserted a card (let’s call it card A) into the player everything worked fine and the card went out smoothly. But then I put in another card (card B) which didn’t lock in place at first, but, after some twiddling it did lock. It didn’t come out when pushing on it though, so I pulled it out wiha pair of tweezers. I put in card A again, which already went tightly in. Now I can’t remove it anymore, not even with tweezers.
The card is recognized by the player though, so it is at least in a reasonably good position.
Can anyone give me tips in removing the card and making the card holding and ejecting mechanism work properly again?
the microSD card in my e260v2 is stuck. I can neither push it in in order to make it jump out nor pull it out with my fingers.
The first time I inserted a card (let’s call it card A) into the player everything worked fine and the card went out smoothly. But then I put in another card (card B) which didn’t lock in place at first, but, after some twiddling it did lock. It didn’t come out when pushing on it though, so I pulled it out wiha pair of tweezers. I put in card A again, which already went tightly in. Now I can’t remove it anymore, not even with tweezers.
The card is recognized by the player though, so it is at least in a reasonably good position.
Can anyone give me tips in removing the card and making the card holding and ejecting mechanism work properly again?
Sorry, no advice. Sounds to me like you ‘torqued’ the card tray mechanism when you forced Card B in and then really killed it when you manually pulled it out with the tweezers.
I may be wrong (and I hope I am), but I think you have a 2nd permanent memory now.
If the µSD card tray didn’t release, the “sled” is jammed in the inner position. Repairing it is possible, but the Sansa has to be disassembled for access to the lock mechanism. There’s a wee spring clip that rides along a tiny “racetrack”. The spring needs to be repositioned, and the tray released.
I had the same problem, was it suppose to be like that, or does it allow you to push it out like most SD cards. Cause mine shows no presence of something allowing it to eject.
Anyways, another problem was… the micro SD was detected by the Sansa… but not on media converter where the manual told me.
Any ideas… kind of running out of space on it and I’m planning to use until midway through high school. (or until it dies)
Hey wait… If the sled thingy was already jammed the first time I tried it… Then does it mean it’s faulty (out of curiosity)
I wish I had a cool digital camera available with decent macro capabilities for you. The loop spring will be obviously hanging off to one side. The only way to access it is to disassemble the player. If it’s still within the one year warranty, replacing the Sansa is your best option, but if you’re outside this range, I’d opt to repair it.
The micro-SD assembly is identical to the new ones, incidentally, as spare parts can be scavenged from a dead Sansa.
You can carefully lift the spring with a small probe (dental pick), back into the guide. I call it the “racetrack”; once you see it, the name will make sense. Be very careful to protect the TFT display, as it is very fragile when the cover is removed. I have always cut a small piece of poster board to slide over displays when working on PCBs, and I’ve yet to damage a display.
Oh, and as a last thought, if it doesn’t work, or you do have a mishap, consider it divine intervention, and just get a new Fuze. You won’t regret it- the final firmware that the v2 never got lives in the Fuze. And they’re thankfully inexpensive.
@sansapod wrote:
Is there a differnece between the insides of a V1 and a V2? Cause I’m using a V1 right now -_-"
The insides IS the difference between the v1 & v2 models. Different PCB (printed circuit board), different processor chip, etc. Outwardly, they are identical.
But they probably use the same micro-card slot mechanism.
