Hi all, My daughters ~3yro computer wouldn't boot... no hard drive. I took her my lap top and brought it home.. cracking open I found no hard drive, but a scandisk thingie. I took it out of the connector, some of the gold plated contacts were corroded (or worn?) It's about a 1"x3" pcb, connector on one end and flat head screw into 1/2 plated hole on the other. The connector was 'sprung' such that the screw in the back was needed to hold it down. (Is that done on purpose?) And I assume the plating around the 1/2 hole at the end is for grounding. Anyway, on several of the gold plated contacts the gold was almost all gone, leaving corroded copper. I think all the 'corroded' pins were on the top. I cleaned it with IPA and put it back in.. same problem.
Ideas? Can I try a simple tinning of the contacts? or something else?
George H.