Be very careful with your XQD cards: I dropped one of my XQD cards on the floor under my desk so I reached in to get it and slide it on the floor up to the rug my chair sits on and...

grandpaw

I dropped one of my XQD cards on the floor under my desk so I reached in to get it and slide it on the floor up to the rug my chair sits on and when it made contact with the rug it broke the corner of the card that has the connections on. It wasn't broke it was just separated so I thought I would just put a piece of thin scotch tape around it to hold it in place. Well, the close tolerance of the card reader catches the tape and won't work. Bottom line is that I ruined a $135.00 64gig card with a gentle push against a rug. This was done with very little pressure, so please learn from my mistake and baby your XQD cards to help prevent this from happening to you. If I did get it to go in and bend a pin in my camera I would really be out some money. Just be careful because this was ruined with very slight pressure.

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Wow.

Bill_de Loc: US

" ... gentle push against a rug"

And what were you 'gently' pushing it with?

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grandpaw

I was sliding it with my fingertips to where I could get a hold of it to pick it up. It must have hit just right because this should have never happened. The pins and inside are not hurt, only the flimsy corner piece.

Bill_de Loc: US

grandpaw wrote:

I was sliding it with my fingertips to where I could get a hold of it to pick it up. It must have hit just right because this should have never happened. The pins and inside are not hurt, only the flimsy corner piece.

From the way it looks I thought you were going to say you were sliding it with your foot, while wearing your best combat boots. That thing looks like it's been through a war. I thought they were supposed to be tough.

Thanks for the heads up.

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MT Shooter Loc: Montana

grandpaw wrote:

I was sliding it with my fingertips to where I could get a hold of it to pick it up. It must have hit just right because this should have never happened. The pins and inside are not hurt, only the flimsy corner piece.

Try breaking the corner fully off, it should still work in a reader. I had a customer come in with one he dropped and stepped on and it was broken in a similar manner, I broke off the rest of the damage and got the card to read so I could transfer his files. I personally have dropped a few of mine over the years and never had one damaged, but I never stepped on one either. I never "baby" any of my cards, but I don't TRY to damage any of them either. Hope you get your files saved.

grandpaw

If the card would have been flipped over with the thicker side up I don't think this would have happened. If I just push it back together it pretty much looks like there is nothing wrong but I can't get it to stay there. I think I might try just breaking it off to see what happens. All the working parts are fine.

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

grandpaw wrote:

If the card would have been flipped over with the thicker side up I don't think this would have happened. If I just push it back together it pretty much looks like there is nothing wrong but I can't get it to stay there. I think I might try just breaking it off to see what happens. All the working parts are fine.

How about a small dab of super glue?

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

SonyA580 wrote:

How about a small dab of super glue?

That's what I thought of first, just glue it and clamp it together until it is dry but, MTshooter has a better plan of attack.

grandpaw

SonyA580 wrote:

How about a small dab of super glue?

I am thinking about that also but if it gets on the contacts the card is toast!

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

grandpaw wrote:

I am thinking about that also but if it gets on the contacts the card is toast!

Exactly. Plus, the XQD case is made of thermoplastic and superglue will NOT bond thermoplastic, that's what the superglue containers are made of. All you would end up with is a big mess.

grandpaw

grandpaw wrote:

I am thinking about super glue also but if it gets on the contacts the card is toast!

This card looks fine when I push it bak together. All the pins are fine.

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grandpaw

MT Shooter wrote:

Exactly. Plus, the XQD case is made of thermoplastic and superglue will NOT bond thermoplastic, that's what the superglue containers are made of. All you would end up with is a big mess.

I guess I can eliminate the super glue idea.

Largobob

As an aside, (and likely not appropriate on this thread), this is one reason that I tend to use a cable from camera to computer to download my images. Cards are fragile, pins can bend, cards can be dropped/damaged, one can "forget" to put the card back in the camera, you don't need any reader or special equipment, etc.

The downside is that over time, one could damage the plug/port in the camera I suppose. Has never happened to me but I am uber careful with all my camera gear.

grandpaw

Largobob wrote:

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I am also extremely careful with all of my equipment. I have the first camera I ever bought 47 years ago and it still looks the same as the day I purchased it. All my equipment is in like new condition even if it is years old, This is one reason I was so surprised at this happening with my card.