latch for PC card slot won't slot back into laptop

rrinspiron2200 · 11-01-2008, 04:14 PM

Made mistake of letting my 2 year old near my Dell Inspiron 2200 and they found how to open the PC card (which I think only contains a plastic card). My laptop runs fine, the plastic card is back in, but the latch to the slot won't slot back in and so sticks out. This seems like such a silly thing to report - but can anyone help? best...

howardofocal · 01-31-2009, 01:52 PM

Did you ever solve this? I've felt like a complete idiot trying to get that tab to click into place. If I keep screwing with it my wife will kill me.

**magnethead** · 01-31-2009, 05:48 PM

I dont have a PCMCIA laptop in front of me, but I thought insert the card all the way then push the latch button? Or might it be in further than needed?

My laptop is an exprescard lappy so i dont have anythihg right in front of me..

11-01-2008, 04:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
rrinspiron2200 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	latch for PC card slot won't slot back into laptop Made mistake of letting my 2 year old near my Dell Inspiron 2200 and they found how to open the PC card (which I think only contains a plastic card). My laptop runs fine, the plastic card is back in, but the latch to the slot won't slot back in and so sticks out. This seems like such a silly thing to report - but can anyone help? best...

01-31-2009, 01:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
howardofocal Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP SP2	Re: latch for PC card slot won't slot back into laptop Did you ever solve this? I've felt like a complete idiot trying to get that tab to click into place. If I keep screwing with it my wife will kill me.

01-31-2009, 05:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,552 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: latch for PC card slot won't slot back into laptop I dont have a PCMCIA laptop in front of me, but I thought insert the card all the way then push the latch button? Or might it be in further than needed? My laptop is an exprescard lappy so i dont have anythihg right in front of me.. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System