MMC/MICRO SD card adaptor.

[dizmouk2009]

Hey, I have a Micro SD card adaptor (kingston technology - http://ph.hardwarezon...SD_w_adapter_1GB.jpg)

I have somehow (don't ask me how because I'm not even aware of how I've managed it) broken off the 'lock' button. Does anyone know which pins I need to bridge in order to overide the write protection?
I've got the adaptor in pieces but without the bit I've lost I can't tell what goes where. :)

Any ideas anyone?
Dizmo x

[dizmouk2009]

Url above incorrect, see:

http://ph.hardwarezon...oSD_w_adapter_1GB.jpg

[secsee1]

Firstly you dont need to take it to bits, just cover the lock button area with a bit of
sellotape making sure you do not cover the conections on the underside...Simples
see here...............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4D5PPpIJ0

[dizmouk2009]

After looking even harder on the internet I found out that pins aren't actually bridged at all. See below - for anyone else having the same problem.

"The switch / notch works in same way as the notches on compact audio cassettes and videotape cassette tapes or floppy disks. A closed or covered notch is writable, while an open notch (or removed tab) is protected.

If the switch becomes broken or falls off then the card will become a write-protected ROM card and no longer be writable. A possible troubleshooting solution would be to apply tape over the notched area (avoiding the connectors and the other notch) to configure the card in a permanent writable state."

Dizmo, x

[dizmouk2009]

secsee1: :) if I had just posted that a few seconds earlier I would of saved you having to post. Thanks for the information anyway, I've got the relevant details from:

http://www.camerahack...mory_card_locked.html

[secsee1]

Hope that it solved your problem. have fun!! (oh and thanks for responding as most people dont bother)

[dizmouk2009]

Well unlike most people I do respond (as soon as humanly possible). Had I not had one last go at finding the information myself then your answer would of been exactly what I had been looking for. Unfortuanatly I'm so entwined with computers and electronics I always seem to look too hard for the answers - usually pin layouts etc. I suppose I expected technologys protection to have advanced futher than old cassettes and floppy disks. Once again secsee thanks for giving the right answer :)

Dizmo.