I genuinely mean this. Your screw ups make some of the best videos. And I love how where others would see defeat, you see opportunity. It's basically your defining and most admirable characteristic. You don't give up, no matter who or what gets in your way, even if it yourself! Plus it turned into extra content! You rule man!
Yeah, agreed. this was such a fun video to watch and hear the thought process. Steve got me into electronics repair and hobby. So much fun 😎 great guy.
You should add a 3D printer to your tool collection! Theres already sd card cases to make repairs like that on thingiverse that print on a few minutes! Nice video!
I prefer when he wings it about as far as one can wing it and it still works out. That would have been a good fix in general, but not near as entertaining video.
I agree, 3D printers are so handy for those little repair jobs and in my opinion a good fit for an electronics/makers workshop. Also handy for making soldering tools and other accessories. Actually some of my workbench furniture was created using 3D printing. My soldering station is on top of a simple table made from scrap wood and 3d printed legs. Need a circuit board holder? print one... Need a jig for soldering LED strips?...print one, and so on... And your hot air station, perfect for fixing nozzle leaks and jams. For me 3D printing is helpful for electronics and electronics equipment is handy for maintaining the printer.
Amazing work as always! That clip at the end that you recovered... I saw the 'melted plastic' counter at 00... I thought 'noooooo' and then I looked at the sub counter and can see this must have been a while ago. Whoop! (or should I say Big Whoop?)
Would be handy if you had like a little sd break out board that has a clamp of some sort where the pads connect so you could just insert the remainder of the card and clamp it onto the connectors and then use ‘normally’ - loved your excitement when the fix worked :)
This made me cry. I just had a huge hard drive crash recently. It was going to cost me close to $700 (not SE, it was an old disk drive) to have a company try to retrieve the data and it was still a long shot if they could. I decided not to waste the money since I had most of the important stuff backed up. But this made me sad because I hoped for that result with my drive and also, I will never know what was on the drive that is gone forever.
Even more amazing when you consider how fast the data transfers over. I remember loading tapes with 64k of code that took 5-10 minutes. Now with faster SSD's you can transfer GB's in seconds.
I used to build my own computers in college. Then got out of it. The leaps that data storage has taken since then is truly mind blowing. I remember paying $30 for a 32GB USB drive.
@@devttyUSB0 I imagine that with the higher capacity cards you get a larger PCB inside, much like with SATA SSDs. Those are mostly empty inside for the
If only there were a substance like cardboard that came in sheets like cardboard that you could cut like cardboard to the shape of the original SDcard and glue like cardboard to the guts of the SDcard. You know... Something like cardboard.
This comment is perfect :) I have to admit I recently did a similar project glueing an SD to micro SD adapter to a PCB, since I had ordered suitable slots for my project which ended up being stuck in customs.
What wires did you use? I have a load of wire like that but they have a stubborn enamel coating. Also these adapters tend to have failed write protection mechanisms where they think everything is locked. You can fix that by bridging the two small pins on the end
There is only one reason for wanting to recover an SD card this much: you took something apart and now you dont't know how to put it back :) I don't record videos for youtube, but I often think about putting a camera above my desk just to record the way I took something apart. The worst is when I have to order a part but don't want to put it back fully together until then, and as days go, the process of the disassembly starts to fade from my mind and I feel it.
I know its too late, but what if you glued or melted plastic to something on the end of the good half of the SD card, like a handle, and inserted it like normal? Then with the "handle" glued to the SD card, that would allow you to remove it? Then you would not have to open a reader up? Just curious.
Having watched so many of your videos where enameled wire came into play, when my wife's toothbrush charger died recently I had actually thrown it into the bin, before I had second thoughts and realised there was a transformer in there full of the stuff. From what I can see, you're not stripping the end prior to soldering it. Is that right? The heat is sufficient to remove it from the soldered region?
With enameled wire - do you need to use heat to remove the enamel from the end or do you just count on the "tip" of it being inside the solder bubble to provide conductivity
Wouldn’t it be easier to stick the sd part onto that one half of the broken housing…and just plug it in? This way you don’t need to dismantle the sd card reader. And even if I do solder directly onto the sd contact…wouldn’t it make more sense to solder onto a random microsd to sd card adapter…those are cheaper and always comes with microsd card so I have a litter of those around. Again this is to save it from dismantling the sd card reader…which seems way more intrusive and destructive. Edit: oh you said it doest work when you plug it in in the beginning…that’s probably because as you found out later on…there’s a card detect mechanism in the reader that the reader rely on to “see” the card. And it’s probably not triggering it with the broken half.
Oh man, Steve... Sometimes we just have to laugh at our own misfortune! You rolled over your SD card, and then in an attempt to make a video salvaging the contents for another video, your camera doesn't record audio in that video. Misery loves company, but you overcame and managed to save BOTH videos. Well done!
Just as an idea for a next time... All you needed was for that piece of SD card to fit inside the reader and to be able to take it out afterwards, right? Well, two pieces of thread (for example dental floss) around the front of the card, and a second SD card to push it in (or anything around the same thickness). And there you go, no soldering necessary, no breaking of the reader case needed.. And, in the end, you just pull the threads and take it out. Worried that the pins will be obstructed by the threads? Well, the pins are springed so most likely the threads will be moved to the sides by the device itself.
I'm forever doing things like this! The amount of times I've had to fix my 2012 laptop because I've buggered something up you wouldn't believe. Still works, even if it ain't pretty So I was thinking all the way though this, wouldn't it have been easier to take apart another SD card, remove that chip/board, put this one in and then glue it back together? Or did you do what I do when I fix a toy, think, "That'll make a good video!" and just do it the hardest way possible for fun? 😉😁 Regardless, I always enjoy your fixes, Jo matter how you get there!
Haters always gonna hate. I'd have not even thought to do any of the repairs and would have binned the card. Had a LOL reading all the sarcastic comments from the RUclips influencer's (with 4 subscribers) about how they would have done it - still waiting for their video on it 🤔. Keep on Keeping on - your videos are awesome and love that you learn how you go Steve - EXCELLENT!!! P.S. "Really important video file - thats not really that important" 🤣🤣🤣
There's actually a Memory Stick Card from my Old DSC-W170 Camera which got broken unfortunately... Would it be possible to fix the same way (although Memory stick and SD-Card are quite different)
Could of tried to take apart a cheaper SD card, and just put the broken ones internals inside of it. Might be been able to keep re-using it that way also
I haven't seen the whole video yet, but you don't stop to think where the flash chip is? And with all those dot's on the board it's kind of obvious it should connect to a daughter board or something, where the flash sits? I suspect it will be fun to watch when you find out;-) Edit: Guess it was I who was wrong! Where is the flash ram chip situated?? In between the layers? Edit2: Oh the Monkey Island 2 wallpaper.. Respect!
I did wonder what all those points were, but they didn't go anywhere else! I didn't realise that everything was just in the end bit, which was fun to find out!
My sd card is too small and I don’t think I can take the Plastic case apart!!! Any suggestions?? Mine broke in half and I’m devastated. All my memories from 2018 to 2020 are in it💔💔
Some tape would have worked to get the sd card back out plus it could have been used to make the board thicker as well. You over thought this one.😂 but good job i guess.
i know the soldering makes for a better video, but, why didnt you simply superglue the circuit board onto a piece of plastic - such as an old cd case cut to sd shape/size?
You have encouraged me to try installing a chromecast and a 5v litium battery into a pair of hearing protectors I use at work :) Wish me luck, i have no microscope and a cheap-as-dirt soldering iron 😂
I genuinely mean this. Your screw ups make some of the best videos. And I love how where others would see defeat, you see opportunity. It's basically your defining and most admirable characteristic. You don't give up, no matter who or what gets in your way, even if it yourself! Plus it turned into extra content! You rule man!
Yeah, agreed. this was such a fun video to watch and hear the thought process. Steve got me into electronics repair and hobby. So much fun 😎 great guy.
What we're saying is: you have to find a way to recover the audio from the first half
Nicely done! Glad you managed to get your data back mate. I never would have realised about the grounding when you insert the card, so well spotted!
Your soldering skills are amazing!
The sheer joy when it works near the end. Gotta love it.
Nice Monkey Island wallpaper.
I’m learning so much from your videos!
Keep up the good work :)
The absolute jank of that thing was mind blowing. But hey, if it gets the job done!
Great solution. We all think different and your way it's great to see. Great video! I'm glad you could recover your video!
Wow! The interface is twice as big as the memory chip itself! I think there are aftermarket housings that you can pop these in now...
That was masterful jankiness 👍
That was epic!
Reminded me of an awesome episode of Macgyver and you just saved the world!
Love how excited you get every time you get something working !
"I really really really need this file."
"It's not that important really."
You should add a 3D printer to your tool collection! Theres already sd card cases to make repairs like that on thingiverse that print on a few minutes! Nice video!
I prefer when he wings it about as far as one can wing it and it still works out. That would have been a good fix in general, but not near as entertaining video.
I agree, 3D printers are so handy for those little repair jobs and in my opinion a good fit for an electronics/makers workshop.
Also handy for making soldering tools and other accessories.
Actually some of my workbench furniture was created using 3D printing. My soldering station is on top of a simple table made from scrap wood and 3d printed legs.
Need a circuit board holder? print one... Need a jig for soldering LED strips?...print one, and so on...
And your hot air station, perfect for fixing nozzle leaks and jams. For me 3D printing is helpful for electronics and electronics equipment is handy for maintaining the printer.
Amazing work as always! That clip at the end that you recovered... I saw the 'melted plastic' counter at 00... I thought 'noooooo' and then I looked at the sub counter and can see this must have been a while ago. Whoop! (or should I say Big Whoop?)
Yeah, twas a few weeks ago. And 10 points for the Big Whoop reference! 😅
Would be handy if you had like a little sd break out board that has a clamp of some sort where the pads connect so you could just insert the remainder of the card and clamp it onto the connectors and then use ‘normally’
- loved your excitement when the fix worked :)
Yay you! It's so much fun to see you solve problems. Great job Steve!
I would never have done it the way Steve did, but I enjoy seeing different mindsets from mine.
This made me cry. I just had a huge hard drive crash recently. It was going to cost me close to $700 (not SE, it was an old disk drive) to have a company try to retrieve the data and it was still a long shot if they could. I decided not to waste the money since I had most of the important stuff backed up. But this made me sad because I hoped for that result with my drive and also, I will never know what was on the drive that is gone forever.
Well done Steve, looking forward to you next vid. It's like watching an old friend for some reason 😀 peace
Nice work dude! Well, not about the rolling over it with your chair part... ;)
It's amazing that 128GB of storage is on that tiny board. Also, hello fellow Drobo owner!
just wait til you see 2tb microsd cards
Even more amazing when you consider how fast the data transfers over. I remember loading tapes with 64k of code that took 5-10 minutes. Now with faster SSD's you can transfer GB's in seconds.
I used to build my own computers in college. Then got out of it. The leaps that data storage has taken since then is truly mind blowing. I remember paying $30 for a 32GB USB drive.
You can even use a device that transmits audio to people in different countries!😮
0:22 0:22 0:22 0:22
I need a picture of this "device" on a Captain Bodge teeshirt.
I had a similar issue... Just ripped apart a mSD adapter and stuck the front part on it. Works just fine- even up to now in my Gp2xWiz 😂
Fantastic wallpaper on your pc. Cheers (grog)
Holy cow!! This is the most Frankenstein thing I've seen!! I was waiting for the mushroom cloud. Lol! Well done, mate!!!!
Solder a wire or two to it, then jam the guts into the reader. You can pull it out with the wires after.
Brilliant! I never would have thought to do something like this. Memory stored in brain SD card if I ever need it in the future...
@ 4.30 .... 'Mull Tim iter in Constant Nudity !'
😅
You could have taken one of those micro SD to SD adapters and swapped the guts.
That's a good shout! I didn't think of that 😬
thats a 'solid' idea
you can 3d print a new case for the sd card, there are loads of designs for different chips
Two videos in one day? I must have hit the lottery
I didn't know the lottery did booby prizes!
A bit of a hack job but at the same time...a stroke of genius!
Nice one 👍😎🇬🇧
amazing work, this is how they do it on recovery labs.....soldering tiny wires, they do that even on microSD.
Ayyyy, i really didn't know that the actual SD-cardy-bit was that small! Nice one!
They have to fit the guts into microSD cards somehow, after all :)
@@MayaPosch that's true, ofcourse! but if you got the space, why not use it, eh? must be cheaper i imagine. :D
@@devttyUSB0I've seen full sized SD cards which micro-SD cards soldered to full sized PCBs from factory.
@@devttyUSB0 I imagine that with the higher capacity cards you get a larger PCB inside, much like with SATA SSDs. Those are mostly empty inside for the
@@MayaPosch i have seen 2.5" SSDs and NVMe's with just a tiny pcb inside, so i guess it shouldnt be that surprising indeed. ;)
Well Steve, you can now diversify into solid state media recovery services! Nice 🙂
Captain Kate is just off screen, fuming.
Phatt Island Wharf! Good old Lechuck's Revenge.
wow...never knew that with the grounding.
This makes sure your card is connected to usb with all SD card pads making contact. Neat little feature.
There's a way to over-complicate everything. You could've even sticky-taped it to a cardboard to fit it into the reader...
Press F for respect, one time for the job and one for the wallpaper 😊
Thank you for commenting on the Monkey Island wallpaper
@@iaincowell9747 the librarian telescopic chair gave me bad feels 😅😅
awesome recovery
If only there were a substance like cardboard that came in sheets like cardboard that you could cut like cardboard to the shape of the original SDcard and glue like cardboard to the guts of the SDcard. You know... Something like cardboard.
Or glue the bit of sd card into a dismantled sd card adapter. Reassemble and voila
This comment is perfect :)
I have to admit I recently did a similar project glueing an SD to micro SD adapter to a PCB, since I had ordered suitable slots for my project which ended up being stuck in customs.
Idk man this sounds impossible.
I think it would be better with even more copper wires.
Is cardboard the one like paper but a bit thicker?
Great video but I do enjoy the fact you could have made a substitute sd card body out of styrene or something… still, wonderful content
What wires did you use? I have a load of wire like that but they have a stubborn enamel coating. Also these adapters tend to have failed write protection mechanisms where they think everything is locked. You can fix that by bridging the two small pins on the end
Poor SD card was crushed you ran over it
Nice one, well done. Just shows how much of the card space isn't needed 🙂
all you had to do was open a MicroSD to SD Memory Card Adapter and replace the guts with your sd card board. glue it in if you have to and it's saved.
King of brute force method.
There is only one reason for wanting to recover an SD card this much: you took something apart and now you dont't know how to put it back :) I don't record videos for youtube, but I often think about putting a camera above my desk just to record the way I took something apart. The worst is when I have to order a part but don't want to put it back fully together until then, and as days go, the process of the disassembly starts to fade from my mind and I feel it.
I'm only a minute in but this sounds like it's going to be exciting
3D printed shell for this sd card surely exist for sale somewhere?
Honestly, I'd probably attempt to glue something with CA glue to the remainder of the card to let it insert into the reader without ripping it apart.
Very resourceful.
I know its too late, but what if you glued or melted plastic to something on the end of the good half of the SD card, like a handle, and inserted it like normal? Then with the "handle" glued to the SD card, that would allow you to remove it?
Then you would not have to open a reader up? Just curious.
Having watched so many of your videos where enameled wire came into play, when my wife's toothbrush charger died recently I had actually thrown it into the bin, before I had second thoughts and realised there was a transformer in there full of the stuff. From what I can see, you're not stripping the end prior to soldering it. Is that right? The heat is sufficient to remove it from the soldered region?
Pure brilliance from an absolute disaster!
With enameled wire - do you need to use heat to remove the enamel from the end or do you just count on the "tip" of it being inside the solder bubble to provide conductivity
Steve what happened to the mario kart video ? upload it again, that's not fair!
i have done the same "repair" but I used an old plastic card what comes with new sim cards. cut a slot, glue, in, worked.
could you use another SD card while connected to the first one?
Dammit stop breaking $h!+ Steve! 🤣
That's awesome man! You taught me something new! ( Stupid SD card)! 😂
Wouldn’t it be easier to stick the sd part onto that one half of the broken housing…and just plug it in? This way you don’t need to dismantle the sd card reader. And even if I do solder directly onto the sd contact…wouldn’t it make more sense to solder onto a random microsd to sd card adapter…those are cheaper and always comes with microsd card so I have a litter of those around. Again this is to save it from dismantling the sd card reader…which seems way more intrusive and destructive.
Edit: oh you said it doest work when you plug it in in the beginning…that’s probably because as you found out later on…there’s a card detect mechanism in the reader that the reader rely on to “see” the card. And it’s probably not triggering it with the broken half.
Nice rescue Steve thanks 😊
Oh man, Steve... Sometimes we just have to laugh at our own misfortune! You rolled over your SD card, and then in an attempt to make a video salvaging the contents for another video, your camera doesn't record audio in that video. Misery loves company, but you overcame and managed to save BOTH videos. Well done!
6:14 you sounded like hank hill
I want that piece of sd card now :)
time to buy a sd card spider board?
What are you using for the bodge wire?
Absolutely brilliant.
The one time we need an appropriate "get in there!", it wasn't to be found :(
Two questions:
1. Would this work on a Lexar card?
2. What type of glue are you using?
“I never joke about my work 007!”
Wow is that all that's in an SD card package nowadays? Nice.
Wouldn't getting another SD Card and (temporarily) replacing the shell have been easier?
I don't think they come apart without breaking them. They're essentially one piece...
Monkey island 2 back ground?!?! This guy knows quality
Hey Steve, What multi usb port is that you have please?
It might be an Anker hub. I have a hub that's the same shape and also has LEDs that show which ports are in use.
Just as an idea for a next time... All you needed was for that piece of SD card to fit inside the reader and to be able to take it out afterwards, right? Well, two pieces of thread (for example dental floss) around the front of the card, and a second SD card to push it in (or anything around the same thickness). And there you go, no soldering necessary, no breaking of the reader case needed.. And, in the end, you just pull the threads and take it out. Worried that the pins will be obstructed by the threads? Well, the pins are springed so most likely the threads will be moved to the sides by the device itself.
You have the clickiest mouse I've ever heard 😂
I was sure those wire were gonna short each other.
I'm forever doing things like this! The amount of times I've had to fix my 2012 laptop because I've buggered something up you wouldn't believe. Still works, even if it ain't pretty So I was thinking all the way though this, wouldn't it have been easier to take apart another SD card, remove that chip/board, put this one in and then glue it back together? Or did you do what I do when I fix a toy, think, "That'll make a good video!" and just do it the hardest way possible for fun? 😉😁 Regardless, I always enjoy your fixes, Jo matter how you get there!
Heyyyy that sd card is still good and it's 128 gigs
You shouldake a case
A 3d printer woulbe handy....
🤩❤️ Great video, maybe you can try solder it inside micro sd adapter card
For re use it freely like normal
Haters always gonna hate. I'd have not even thought to do any of the repairs and would have binned the card. Had a LOL reading all the sarcastic comments from the RUclips influencer's (with 4 subscribers) about how they would have done it - still waiting for their video on it 🤔. Keep on Keeping on - your videos are awesome and love that you learn how you go Steve - EXCELLENT!!! P.S. "Really important video file - thats not really that important" 🤣🤣🤣
You can’t do a video on an external HD that is detected but can’t be opened on the computer?
There's actually a Memory Stick Card from my Old DSC-W170 Camera which got broken unfortunately... Would it be possible to fix the same way (although Memory stick and SD-Card are quite different)
Could of tried to take apart a cheaper SD card, and just put the broken ones internals inside of it. Might be been able to keep re-using it that way also
I would have probably used another SDcard as a template, cut out of card board or some plastic waste and glued the pcb on.
Good Job man, great fix!
I haven't seen the whole video yet, but you don't stop to think where the flash chip is? And with all those dot's on the board it's kind of obvious it should connect to a daughter board or something, where the flash sits? I suspect it will be fun to watch when you find out;-)
Edit: Guess it was I who was wrong! Where is the flash ram chip situated?? In between the layers?
Edit2: Oh the Monkey Island 2 wallpaper.. Respect!
I did wonder what all those points were, but they didn't go anywhere else! I didn't realise that everything was just in the end bit, which was fun to find out!
Nice job good idee
Love the monkey island background
My sd card is too small and I don’t think I can take the Plastic case apart!!! Any suggestions?? Mine broke in half and I’m devastated. All my memories from 2018 to 2020 are in it💔💔
Some tape would have worked to get the sd card back out plus it could have been used to make the board thicker as well. You over thought this one.😂 but good job i guess.
hello steve i was wondering why did you delete the mario kart video ?
You should see if you can get someone to 3D print a new plastic bit 👍🏻
Or just use an old/cheaper sd card and take it apart and use its case.
Monkey island screen background? Nice!
Hi mate, I have an old Robert’s radio it was my was my dads he’s no longer here and I would love to get it repaired are you up for it ?
i know the soldering makes for a better video, but, why didnt you simply superglue the circuit board onto a piece of plastic - such as an old cd case cut to sd shape/size?
You have encouraged me to try installing a chromecast and a 5v litium battery into a pair of hearing protectors I use at work :)
Wish me luck, i have no microscope and a cheap-as-dirt soldering iron 😂