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Modify a card reader
« on: 10 / June / 2008, 09:26:19 »
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If you feel annoying to switch the lock tab every time when you want to refresh your chdk build(especially developers), there is
the ultimate solution  :D
This helps for those who broke this tab(and almost the whole card), like me....
Only you need to connect those two pins together like i did on the image.

« Last Edit: 10 / June / 2008, 09:32:58 by dzsemx »
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #1 on: 10 / June / 2008, 13:28:22 »
Same thing I have made on all my cardreaders. But multi-cardreader after this don't erase my xD cards :) Maybe resistor instead of short-circuit is better solution.
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #2 on: 10 / June / 2008, 13:52:49 »
Yet another card reader mod:

can CHDK harm the memory card?
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #3 on: 10 / June / 2008, 19:03:06 »
umm...dzsemx, can you explain exactly what you did? I don't seem to get it :P
Where do you connect the pins?
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #4 on: 10 / June / 2008, 20:16:43 »
Hi dzsemx,
use superglue when the first cracks are formed, i have prepared 2 cards this way - but for the card on your pic it's alittle too late (looks a bit like there are some mice in your camera ?)

Now i have 2 cheap plastic card readers which ignores the lock (without modification), that saves lots of glue  :haha
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #5 on: 10 / June / 2008, 21:29:17 »
Oooh can you link me to where you bought those? My cheap plastic card reader ($6) looks at the lock unfortunately...gets really annoying at times. but if I can buy a cheap (<$10) reader which doesn't see the lock...it would help. I am constantly copying stuff to my card :D
Quote from: fe50 on 10 / June / 2008, 20:16:43
Hi dzsemx,
use superglue when the first cracks are formed, i have prepared 2 cards this way - but for the card on your pic it's alittle too late (looks a bit like there are some mice in your camera ?)

Now i have 2 cheap plastic card readers which ignores the lock (without modification), that saves lots of glue  :haha
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #6 on: 11 / June / 2008, 04:37:12 »
Quote from: fe50 on 10 / June / 2008, 20:16:43
Hi dzsemx,
use superglue when the first cracks are formed, i have prepared 2 cards this way - but for the card on your pic it's alittle too late (looks a bit like there are some mice in your camera ?)

Now i have 2 cheap plastic card readers which ignores the lock (without modification), that saves lots of glue  :haha
no, i got no mice in my camera :P ... the plastic got poor quality, it's very fragile
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Re: Card reader mod
« Reply #7 on: 11 / June / 2008, 04:43:46 »
Quote from: ewavr on 10 / June / 2008, 13:28:22
Same thing I have made on all my cardreaders. But multi-cardreader after this don't erase my xD cards :) Maybe resistor instead of short-circuit is better solution.
i've got multi-cardreader too, but i don't have any xd card and with the others works perfectly
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Re: Card reader mod
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Modify a card reader
« Reply #9 on: 08 / October / 2008, 14:32:02 »
i've got Transcend Multi-Card Reader M5, a nice thing, but it detects position of the lock switch of SD. Decided to remove it.
Maybe someone post this small instruction into Wiki..

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« Last Edit: 09 / October / 2008, 16:37:14 by madcat »
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