[Coco] MicroSD Drive Pak Repair

Guillaume Major guillaume.major at gmail.com
Wed Apr 22 15:18:01 EDT 2015


> Guillaume,
>
> The above reads like Roger Taylor's Drive Pak. There is another more 
> current Pak and you should make clear what device you mean. :)
>
> Regards Roger's Pak, I have one and it is installed in an MPI. I 
> frequently see the same thing happen where the device stalls out looking 
> for the MicroSD card. There is nothing wrong with the device and the way 
> to get things going is to turn off all power, re-seat the MPI in the Coco, 
> re-seat the Pak in the MPI, and re-seat the MicroSD card in the Pak.
> My guess is that one or more edge connectors are not making a clean 
> contact and something like a CART line is not connected.
>
> There may not be much you can do with any of the cards and connector slots 
> as they oxidize. Further the Pak has some slop regards the angle of 
> insertion and you should try tweaking the fit.
>
> Robert
>

Hi Robert,

Yes, the pak is Roger Taylor's Drive Pak. I never had any of the problems 
you describe before I dropped it on the floor but I will try to clean the 
contacts and play with the angle of insertion to see if it makes a 
difference.

Thanks for your advices!

Guillaume




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