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Apple Mac mini manual SD Secure Digital Memory Card Will Not Insert Into Slot, Into SD Slot, M17

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SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card Will Not Insert Into Slot

Unlikely cause: Optical drive, hard drive, power supply

Quick Check

Symptom

Quick Check

 

 

 

SD Memory Card will not insert

1.

The SD memory card must be a 32 mm by 24 mm

into SD Slot

 

by 2.1 mm. You can also use thinner cards, such as

SD Memory Card does not fully

 

MultiMediaCards (MMC).

 

 

seat into the slot

2.

Clear any obstruction in the slot.

Card slot does not align with

 

 

enclosure.

 

 

 

 

 

Deep Dive

Check

Result

Action

Code

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Verify whether a known-good

Yes

Ask customer to replace

 

 

SD card fits in slot.

 

defective or out-of-spec SD

 

 

 

 

card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

Make sure that SD card reader

 

 

 

 

slot is aligned with rear cover,

 

 

 

 

with no foreign material

 

 

 

 

obstructing the slot, then try

 

 

 

 

to insert a known-good SD

 

 

 

 

card again. Go to Step 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Verify if the memory card now

Yes

Issue resolved. Go to step 3

 

 

fits in the SD slot.

 

 

 

 

No

Replace logic board (SD card

M17

 

 

 

 

 

reader is part of logic board).

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Verify whether the SD card

Yes

Issue resolved.

 

 

now ejects and inserts without

 

 

 

 

issue.

No

Replace logic board (SD card

M17

 

 

 

reader is part of logic board). .

 

 

 

 

 

 

2010-08-03

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