So I stuck my SD card in my Superdrive slot.

[Yakuza]

So I did this silly thing too, stucking the card in the wrong slot. I believe so many other people will do it because the slots are easy to confound when you're doing things automatically.

After reading the few posts where people really are trying to help, I created this little instrument shown in the attached picture. It was cut from a soft plastic spatula (for painting), which is as thick as the card. With a little help from my man, the card came out easily, the cd drive is working perfectly and so is the card.

Some of you guys spend such a lot of testosterone in silly disputes and jokes... should do like us women and use your brains instead. Mistakes are done for us to learn from them.

PS: I mixed the toenail colour myself, too.

ahh, i see you also know the Havainas flip flops

 

[lostime]

the question is what was on the card that you had to see while drunk. Hangover Pics???

 

[Al Jonson]

Warning RE: SD CD/DVD (My experience and nightmare)

WARNING RE: SD AND CD/DVD Design

O.k., this is the low down. I purchased the iMac 27" approximately one week ago. I, not paying attention accidently stuck the SD card into the CD/DVD slot on friday. I attempted to retrieve it but the card dropped all the way into the CD/DVD slot. I was perturbed.

I called myself every bad name I could think of, well not everything. I wanted to choke myself but I would have to breathe in order to perform that task. I was somewhat relieved to find this forum and reading complaints of others having the same possible issue. I wrote to Apple.com/feedback to them know of this design.

Well, I contacted the Apple Store and made an appointment to see them on Sunday. I was impressed they didn't say three weeks. For two days I worried if they would be able to get the SD card out of the slot after all I had multiple photos/video on the card. Yea, I could purchased an external USB CD/DVD, but why?

Well, I thought it would cost me my warranty since the mistake was mine. I had already spent over $2200.00 on the unit including software I did not want to spend another dime if possible.

I kept my appointment and within 10 minutes the tech at the Apple store retreived the card. Man, I was so excited I wanted to kiss the pretty APPle Care Lady (Literally). I ask her how the tech. retrieved the card and she told me with a piece of tape. Man, i just knew they would have to use a "Lighted Scope" after all the slot is very narrow.

Now I am a happy camper with my beautiful iMac sitting in on my desk smiling at me. Well not quite. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!!!

 

[belltree]

Punching yourself in the brain case (head) can only help to ensure future silly mistakes.

 

[Al Jonson]

LOL!!! you are absolutely correct. I stand accused.

 

[Sambo110]

I still don't get how you can put it in there. It only goes in around 2/3 of the way, so just don't let go until you know it's in the right one, easy.

 

[Little Endian]

The OPs story reminds me of the time I had a 2001 Kiva class slot loading Graphite imac. One week after I got it my 10 year old brother wound up sticking and odd shaped mini CD in the slot load drive Luckily I took the computer back to CompUSA and they happily exchanged it for a brand new one even after I told them the exact truth. CompUSA used to have exceptional customer service back in the earlier days...but then again perhaps that's why they wound up going under Great customer service can sometimes open the floodgates of abuse.

 

[tiggger]

i just had my cd/dvd drive replaced cuz when i tried inserting a cd or dvd in the drive it would spit it right back out. when the tech guy took the drive out and tipped it over to unhook the wire harness... out popped a sd card, courtesy of my 2 year daughter. : )

 

[lionheartednyhc]

I almost broke my back (no homo), that thing is heavy.

This has got to be one of the stupidest, ignorant, memes ever.

 

[cuttocure]

Man, this a ruff crowd..

I am also one of the effected unfortunate SD inserters where the sun doesn't shine and want offer my solution.. Just slip a credit card midway up the slot and lower until you feel the SD card, then angle about 45 degrees and pull it out..

 

[BelowTheBelt]

Man, this a ruff crowd..

It's Rough not Ruff mate

 

[ViViDboarder]

Wow, this thread is awesome. A couple things...

Because you and everyone else keeps suggesting I was drunk when I stated numerous times that i was not.

Intoxication is the state of being affected by one or more psychoactive drugs. It can also refer to the effects caused by the ingestion of poison or by the overconsumption of normally harmless substances.

Dude... You're missing the point. Constantly correcting people that say drunk is NOT relevant to your getting the SD card stuck in the DVD slot... The fact that you KEEP pushing that point is what your quoted poster was referring to about attention.

So you didn't ingest alcohol...

Have you tried repairing permissions yet?

If that doesn't work, you can use Time Machine to go back to before you stuck your SD memory card in the DVD slot and then redo it, this time actually looking at what you're doing and not arbitrarily jamming it into the first hole you find on the side of your computer.

That... Was awesome.

And... I couldn't resist...

Now back on topic. It is silly that they are so close. They could easily have moved the SD card slot down a couple inches.

 

[WilliamG]

Now back on topic. It is silly that they are so close. They could easily have moved the SD card slot down a couple inches.

No they couldn't. If you look here, any lower would be in the fan exhaust:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-27-Inch-Teardown/1236/2

 

[Mav3067]

Exactly!

Naïve, perhaps? Though I would have to disagree. It seems relatively straightforward that one should check before jamming something into the side of a computer. The fact that you did this blindly without even feeling the side of the computer first speaks volumes. Further, the SD slot is the bottom of the two slots. Just work your way up from the bottom edge of the machine until you find the first slot?

It's not a major design flaw. It was probably convenient for Apple to locate both slots on the same side of the machine and it may very well be easier to machine the necessary parts when both slots are on the same side. At any rate, user stupidity ≠ design flaw.

+1 Seriously, I read this whole thread thinking exactly the same thing. I see the argument against putting the two slots together but that doesn't make it a design flaw. I also agree that $200 is a horrendous price for likely doing exactly what the OP did to get it out. But lets face it, a single run of the finger could have prevented all this chaos.

 

[ViViDboarder]

No they couldn't. If you look here, any lower would be in the fan exhaust:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iMac-Intel-27-Inch-Teardown/1236/2

Ok... Then how about that HUGE empty space on the left side?

They did it to look nicer and I get that. It's not like EVERYONE puts it in the wrong spot, so I wouldn't really consider it a design flaw, but it is a little tricky.

I just got myself an EyeFi card so I don't have to worry about plugging anything in anyway Also, my DVD drive doesn't accept any disks as it is so there's nothing to break. I've been delaying bringing it into Applecare.

 

[DesignerOnMac]

Who said anything about drinking smarty pants?

Your original post says: 'Well first off let me say I was pretty intoxicated and not thinking straight'.....according to the dictionary: drunk, inebriated, inebriate, impaired, drunken, tipsy, under the influence; informal plastered, smashed, bombed, sloshed, sozzled, hammered, sauced, lubricated, well-oiled, wrecked, juiced, blasted, stinko, blitzed, half-cut, fried, gassed, polluted, pissed, tanked (up), soaked, out of one's head, out of one's skull, loaded, trashed, buzzed, befuddled, hopped up, besotted, pickled, pixilated, canned, cockeyed, wasted, blotto, blind drunk, roaring drunk, dead drunk, punch-drunk, ripped, stewed, tight, high, merry, the worse for wear, far gone, pie-eyed, in one's cups, three sheets to the wind; Brit. informal bladdered, lashed.....

 

[Uncle Pinny]

Got mine out! Used a kitchen knife (not a sharp one - more the one you use for a meal). Turned it on it's head and screwed it around a bit from the top of the dvd slot pointing downwards.

VERY HAPPY!

 

[ugp]

I have almost done this on several occasions. But I always make sure that it sits in a snug secure spot before releasing it from my finger tips.

 

[macthijs]

Iam a fool too

Well first off let me say I was pretty intoxicated and not thinking straight. I took out my sd card out of my camera, and while looking dead on at my screen i reached over to the side and pushed my sd card all the way though.

After realizing what I did i proceded to panic, yell, curse, and punch myself in the forhead. I called my buddy who works at an Apple retail store and told me that if I brought it in and they had to open it up I would be charged for the part and labor (around$200+).

I again proceded to cuss and punch myself till he suggested I hold the 27'' beheameth sideways and jump up and down. Once I heard it drop i knew I had a solid chance of geting it out. Since there's the dust flaps in the superdrive slot it wouldn't just come out by shaking. I literally had to hold it sideways on my knee and take a hairclip in order to get it out. That's my story.

Thanks

I did the same yesterday.
That slot should be on the other site of the screen.(Apple?design?)
Thanks for the tip.
Gonna try tomorrow.

 

[wellyeah]

Yes, it is a design flaw

Of course now, it will never happen again. The two slots should be positioned at LEAST 3 (or more) inches apart.

Hindsight is, in fact 20/20.

Tomorrow, armed with Scotch tape - knife., towels and prayers, I will turn my iMac over in hopes to retrieve the SD card.

For as sophisticated a machine this is, this is a disturbing design flaw - no two ways about it.

 

[BelowTheBelt]

Of course now, it will never happen again. The two slots should be positioned at LEAST 3 (or more) inches apart.

Hindsight is, in fact 20/20.

Tomorrow, armed with Scotch tape - knife., towels and prayers, I will turn my iMac over in hopes to retrieve the SD card.

For as sophisticated a machine this is, this is a disturbing design flaw - no two ways about it.

You people are not very swift calling this a "design flaw" the appliance design works 100% on my two i7's, mind you I am smart enough to understand I should not stick the SD card in my SuperDrive.

The flaw you speak of is your problem not Apple's & thank gosh your not the last man on Earth repopulating the human race, lord help you would try in the wrong hole and wonder why you can not make babies.

 

[NiuFengLe]

If that doesn't work, you can use Time Machine to go back to before you stuck your SD memory card in the DVD slot and then redo it, this time actually looking at what you're doing and not arbitrarily jamming it into the first hole you find on the side of your computer.

LOL!!! I think I need to use time machine more. Man could I ever use it right now.

 

[NiuFengLe]

Of course now, it will never happen again. The two slots should be positioned at LEAST 3 (or more) inches apart.

Hindsight is, in fact 20/20.

Tomorrow, armed with Scotch tape - knife., towels and prayers, I will turn my iMac over in hopes to retrieve the SD card.

For as sophisticated a machine this is, this is a disturbing design flaw - no two ways about it.

Uh oh, I smell a class action law suit! Someone call a lawyer! Muahaha!!!

Design flaw my ass. You must not have much luck with ladies...

 

[ViViDboarder]

You people are not very swift calling this a "design flaw" the appliance design works 100% on my two i7's, mind you I am smart enough to understand I should not stick the SD card in my SuperDrive.

The flaw you speak of is your problem not Apple's & thank gosh your not the last man on Earth repopulating the human race, lord help you would try in the wrong hole and wonder why you can not make babies.

I don't think you understand the concept of a design flaw... it doesn't mean that EVERYONE is going to screw up.

The latest baby holding craze has been those slings for parents to carry their children. Most people are just fine but there have been several infant deaths because the top can pull together a bit to tight and suffocate the children.

This is a design flaw. They should have had the foresight to put extra support in the top of their sling.

Apple should have had the foresight to move the slots further apart when they put it on the side of a machine that is NOT in view of the user.

 

[wellyeah]

Uh oh, I smell a class action law suit! Someone call a lawyer! Muahaha!!!

Design flaw my ass. You must not have much luck with ladies...

Two drives of identical widths positioned 1/4" apart is a design flaw.

To those who feel so superior to never make this error, I bow to your greatness.

There will be many owners of this wonderful machine, in haste or distraction, that will unfortunately make this error. And one time will be their last, as was mine.

If the drives were at least 1 more inch apart it would make a difference.

And, with the help of an amazing tech-oriented friend, we retrieved the card, via a credit card and knife.

And you're right NiuFengLe, I do not have much 'luck with the ladies'.

I'm a woman.

You too BelowTheBelt. It must not suck being you.