Palm T5 Card Slot Repair

Chuck Graf has posted a step-by-step Palm T5 Card Slot Repair that details how to repair the "pop-up" mechanism for the Secure Digital (SD) card slot on the T5.

The SD slot is very fragile: if you pull out the card without first depressing it against the spring, even one time, it can be broken. The WiFi card makes this a greater risk, since it sticks out so far, and it just seems natural to pull to remove it, which will, however, break the mechanism. Once broken the mechanism is no longer able to hold the card in against the connectors, and the SD slot is useless. The PDA continues to work, but the only way to use the WiFi or read the SD card is to physically hold them in against the spring.

Chuck's post not only details how he fixed his SD slot, but it's also a pretty good (especially with the included photographs) example of how to open the T5 (and the TX for that matter) case.