Fixing a PCMCIA slot on laptop? What $$ am I looking at here?
 

No clue what i did , i get to hotel try to jam a card in and it wont go in.

I fucked it up i think.

Should be about $400-$500 for a new motherboard.

Get a cheap fix:

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shit i am better off betting a new laptop and selling this off on Ebay :(

leave all your gay porn on the harddrive and you'll probably get an extra $50

I have no idea ...all i know is that anytime i bring a PC to Geek squad they tell me they need to change the motherboard ..

One time i had a laptop that had a loose plug ... I thought it maybe at the connection where the plug goes in ... I told them can they check the connection to the motherboard and they told me i needed a new motherboard ... i said fuck no and bought a universal plug just to see ... it was the plug ..cost $30

another time they told me that on a brand new Sony I needed a motherboard because it kept locking up and was dropped ... I had a feeling it wasn't so ... I bought a hard drive and swapped it out ... never had a problem again .... I'm no Tech guy and for me to even change out a Hard drive on a brand new laptop is a big deal ..i had to look up on the web how to take this thing apart ..

I say FUCK GEEK SQUAD .. :321GFY

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Get a flash light and look in the slot and see if the eject button's lever is stuck in the eject position. Sometimes it can be manually pushed back and it will work ok. If it is stuck in the eject position, see if you can tell what is sticking. Remember to put the card in held flat cause if you don't it won't seat properly. An easy mistake to make in poor light.

This is because most people fail to think around the problem, or "outside the box", as I would like to call it.

If you decide to get a new laptop hit me up...I would be willing to buy yours if the price is right...PCMCIA slot is not needed for what I wanna do

let me know

...and I would require you to delete the gay porn first:)

It pisses me off when they just assume the worst and want to ship it out for 6 weeks ... what the fuck do they care ... even when you tell them what you think it is they don't even want to take the time to think of that as a possibility .. in my first case ..how hard would it have been for the guy to try another plug ... just to see

better off just getting a new laptop