Just when I thought I got it back under control...

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

11/28/2004 11:54:54 PM · #1

now a defective Flash card has bent two pins in my Rebel and I can't get any card to go in... Anyone know how long CompUSA turns around their warranty work?

UUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

If you hear banging it's just my head agains the computer desk...

Wump wump wump wump wump...

Message edited by author 2004-11-28 23:55:22.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

11/29/2004 12:10:36 AM · #2

How badly are they bent?

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

11/29/2004 12:14:36 AM · #3

Originally posted by kirbic:

How badly are they bent?

More bent then I wanna attempt to fix... 2 pins right in the middle, one in each row.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

11/29/2004 12:17:10 AM · #4

Bugger. I had a similar issue with my ol' Nikon 995when a CF card got inserted backward. Luckily I was able to bend them straight, and it's been almost 2 years now. they were bent pretty badly too, nearly touching the adjacent pins.

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

11/29/2004 12:17:18 AM · #5

When I was an undergrad in college working on my degree in RTV, I had a professor who always told us the same thing over and over again about the pins in much of our television equipment... "College students are very strong." He told us we could get away with bending them once...but anything beyond that and our college student superhuman strength would cause them to break. Maybe you can try bending them once... just pray a lot and be very gentle! LOL ;o)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/29/2004 12:23:11 AM · #6

What kinda tool do you use to get way up in there? That didn't sound so good did it?

brianlh

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

11/29/2004 12:43:59 AM · #7

you can bend them back, but if it's still under warranty i would rather try that (do they provide you with a new one? or just fix the current one? not sure how warranties work, since i never really use them). i've broken pins on my keyboard (not quite as expensive as the digital rebel) by accidentally bending it too many times (and trying to fix it.. but eventually, they just fell off)