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I just sold a Fuji X-T2 camera outfit. I hadn't used it for a while, so prior to posting it on Ebay I did a thorough inspection/test on it. I found that when trying to insert an SD card into slot #2, the card would not lock in the down position.
I searched YouTube and found
a few tutorials on how to repair/fix SD cards that are either stuck or won't stay down. In most cases, the problem was that a small piece of the SD card's plastic outer case had broken off and lodged inside the SD card channel (usually under the tiny pins on the bottom).
Over time, many plastics become brittle. I would imagine that older SD cards are more likely to break off inside the SD card compartment of a digital camera than new ones are.
I generally shoot my SD cards until they fail. Some are approaching 10 years old. I've never pre-emptively decommissioned them due to concerns that they might break off inside the SD card slots of my digital cameras. I'm now seriously considering tossing out my older SD cards as I sure don't want another failure like this. What do you think?
Or... To keep the plastic dashboard on my car from drying out due to age and the sun's UV rays, I regularly wipe it down with "Armor All". Does anyone here periodically wiping down their SD cards with a light coat of a plastic rejuvenator like Armor All?
Last edited by Fenwoodian; 01-06-2020 at 04:39 PM.