My 3-year old iPAQ 2210 has developed a very annoying intermittent
fault. It sometimes stops recognising any SD card. After a week in
that state, on return from hols I called HP and was delighted that the
advice I received (from their Support centre in India) to blow into
the compartment immediately restored recognition!

However ... in the 2 days since, the problem has kept returning ;-(

Using a pressurised air-spray I've managed with increasing difficulty
to recover each time. But surely a bit of dust can no longer be
regarded as the root cause? After 3 years it's bound to have
accumulated some, of course, but I've given it such a blasting that
I'd now expect a good long run before any similar problems. Yet it's
re-occurring every few hours.

Anyone else had similar problems, or can offer any thoughts please?

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

The general response from this newsgroup is that the contact pressure is
reduced. Put a piece of tape on the side of the sd card that doesn't have
contacts to increase the pressure on the internal contacts of the PDA.
Terry

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:f0khd2p7ch21po0bb8gbc8df7sjdq9ssg5@4ax.com...
> My 3-year old iPAQ 2210 has developed a very annoying intermittent
> fault. It sometimes stops recognising any SD card. After a week in
> that state, on return from hols I called HP and was delighted that the
> advice I received (from their Support centre in India) to blow into
> the compartment immediately restored recognition!
>
> However ... in the 2 days since, the problem has kept returning ;-(
>
> Using a pressurised air-spray I've managed with increasing difficulty
> to recover each time. But surely a bit of dust can no longer be
> regarded as the root cause? After 3 years it's bound to have
> accumulated some, of course, but I've given it such a blasting that
> I'd now expect a good long run before any similar problems. Yet it's
> re-occurring every few hours.
>
> Anyone else had similar problems, or can offer any thoughts please?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

"tc" <terrycassidy@msn.com> wrote:

>The general response from this newsgroup is that the contact pressure is
>reduced. Put a piece of tape on the side of the sd card that doesn't have
>contacts to increase the pressure on the internal contacts of the PDA.

Thanks, I'll try that.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK