Originally posted by RickW Nu2,
In a thread on DPR, I read that the K10D's card reader is attached to both the motherboard (which is attached in turn to the main frame) and to the battery compartment. With severe impact the battery compartment "wins", and shears the card reader off the motherboard.
Methinks you may have a nice new K20 coming.
Rick
Agreed the OP of the dpreview post did tell the truth IMO and was not a troll downgrading the Pentax K10. The K10 it seems from all these posts of memory card reader errors after dropping, does have a weakness on its main PCB board. If dropped it can lose contact with the SD card reader (a very simple explanation) people are indeed reporting what he claimed. Shame on Pentax
but I guess everything can not be perfect.
Bad news the opinion of some is that its beyond economical repair because the main PCB must be replaced and it has the CCD, and the camera would have to be fully calibrated. I could be wrong so don't bank on that, dig around.
See if your home owners insurance will cover it.