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Urban Skargren · May 9th, 2015, 08:38 AM

Hello,

One of my SD card has lost its write protection switch completely. I have seen that many people put a piece of scotch tape on top and I tried it and it works.

I heard about another solution though, and that is to remove the inside "memory" part of the broken card and put it in the case of a cheap SD card.

Has anyone tried this and can tell how to do it exactly?

Denis Danatzko · May 10th, 2015, 07:19 AM

By any chance, is the card still under warranty?

I've never tried the repair to mention.

That's happened to me only once, and it was on a card that I had very recently purchased, so it was still under warranty.

I sent the damaged card to the manufacturer, and I rec'd one back apparently fixed, intact, and with my footage on it. I couldn't tell for sure if they had copied my footage from my damaged card to a new one, or simply fixed my original card.

In either case, I didn't lose the footage, I ended up with a "fixed" card, and it hasn't happened again. This happened to me approx. 2 yrs ago.

Gary A. Smith · May 10th, 2015, 09:31 AM

I had same brainwave idea too about swapping. Different cards have a different size circuit board inside. I ended up buying another card.

Gary Huff · May 10th, 2015, 10:26 AM

Personally, once the write protection switch goes, the card goes.

Crazily enough, I've had an SD card split in half on me. Thankfully, I was able to get everything off of it, but it went straight into the trash after that.

May 9th, 2015, 08:38 AM	#1
Urban Skargren Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Medellin, Colombia Posts: 225	Repair SD card with broken write protection switch Hello, One of my SD card has lost its write protection switch completely. I have seen that many people put a piece of scotch tape on top and I tried it and it works. I heard about another solution though, and that is to remove the inside "memory" part of the broken card and put it in the case of a cheap SD card. Has anyone tried this and can tell how to do it exactly?

May 10th, 2015, 07:19 AM	#2
Denis Danatzko Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Metro area Posts: 579	Re: Repair SD card with broken write protection switch By any chance, is the card still under warranty? I've never tried the repair to mention. That's happened to me only once, and it was on a card that I had very recently purchased, so it was still under warranty. I sent the damaged card to the manufacturer, and I rec'd one back apparently fixed, intact, and with my footage on it. I couldn't tell for sure if they had copied my footage from my damaged card to a new one, or simply fixed my original card. In either case, I didn't lose the footage, I ended up with a "fixed" card, and it hasn't happened again. This happened to me approx. 2 yrs ago. __________________ Denis ------------ Our actions are based on our own experience and knowledge. Thus, no one is ever totally right, nor totally wrong. We simply act from what we "know" to be true, based on that experience and knowledge. Beyond that, we pose questions to others.

May 10th, 2015, 09:31 AM	#3
Gary A. Smith Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Casterton, Victoria Posts: 50	Re: Repair SD card with broken write protection switch I had same brainwave idea too about swapping. Different cards have a different size circuit board inside. I ended up buying another card.

May 10th, 2015, 10:26 AM	#4
Gary Huff Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,006	Re: Repair SD card with broken write protection switch Personally, once the write protection switch goes, the card goes. Crazily enough, I've had an SD card split in half on me. Thankfully, I was able to get everything off of it, but it went straight into the trash after that.