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As I was taking out the dummy SD card on my new Chromebook, a small piece broke off of it and is now stuck inside the slot. I have tried removing using various cleaning methods including:

Putting water/alcohol on the dummy and moving it in and out of the reader
Folding paper into the shape of an SD card and trying to pull it out
Using tweasers to pull it out

Edit: I looked inside using a flashlight, but there did not seem to be a small piece of plastic. What I saw were mangled contacts. Is it possible to repair SD card readers, and if so, how?

user1251007
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Sam Quinn
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As per @AaronMiller 's comment on the original post:

It's not feasible to repair the wrecked SD card slot; in order to do so, you'd need to disassemble the Chromebook, desolder the destroyed part, disassemble that, and bend the pins back into shape, and if you can do that, you can much more easily order a PC-board-mount SD slot of the same form factor and just replace the broken part entirely. Much more practically, why not use a USB SD card reader? It's not as streamlined as an integrated one, but it'll work, and will be easy to replace in the event that whatever happens to the integrated slot happens to the USB reader too.

Sam Quinn
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Here is an easy fix of mine I just did and it works perfect.

  1. Get a small dental floss brush (Cylindrical mini bottle brush)
  2. Remove battery and card
  3. Spray CO (electronic) cleaner onto brush
  4. Insert brush into slot rotate brush and clean pins inside slot
  5. Let it dry for a few minutes as CO cleaner evaporates and leaves no residue

Insert card and enjoy!!

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