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SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card Will Not Insert Into Slot Unlikely cause: Optical drive, hard drive, power supply Quick Check Symptom SD Memory Card will not insert into SD Slot SD Memory Card does not fully seat into the slot Card slot does not align with enclosure. Quick Check 1. The SD memory card must be a 32 mm by 24 mm by 2.1 mm. You can also use thinner cards, such as MultiMediaCards (MMC). 2. Clear any obstruction in the slot. Deep Dive Check Result Action Code 1. Verify whether a known-good Yes SD card fits in slot. No 2. Verify if the memory card now Yes fits in the SD slot. No 3. Verify whether the SD card Yes now ejects and inserts without issue. No Ask customer to replace defective or out-of-spec SD card. Make sure that SD card reader slot is aligned with rear cover, with no foreign material obstructing the slot, then try to insert a known-good SD card again. Go to Step 2. Issue resolved. Go to step 3 Replace logic board (SD card M17 reader is part of logic board). Issue resolved. Replace logic board (SD card M17 reader is part of logic board). . 2010-08-03 Mac mini (Mid 2010) Symptom Charts - Input/Output Devices 73

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Mac mini (Mid 2010) Symptom Charts — Input/Output Devices
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2010-08-03
SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card Will Not Insert Into Slot
Unlikely cause: Optical drive, hard drive, power supply
Quick Check
Symptom
Quick Check
SD Memory Card will not insert
into SD Slot
SD Memory Card does not fully
seat into the slot
Card slot does not align with
enclosure.
1.
The SD memory card must be a 32 mm by 24 mm
by 2.1 mm. You can also use thinner cards, such as
MultiMediaCards (MMC).
2.
Clear any obstruction in the slot.
Deep Dive
Check
Result
Action
Code
1.
Verify whether a known-good
SD card fits in slot.
Yes
Ask customer to replace
defective or out-of-spec SD
card.
No
Make sure that SD card reader
slot is aligned with rear cover,
with no foreign material
obstructing the slot, then try
to insert a known-good SD
card again. Go to Step 2.
2.
Verify if the memory card now
fits in the SD slot.
Yes
Issue resolved. Go to step 3
No
Replace logic board (SD card
reader is part of logic board).
M17
3.
Verify whether the SD card
now ejects and inserts without
issue.
Yes
Issue resolved.
No
Replace logic board (SD card
reader is part of logic board). .
M17