The storage expansion slot on my Aspire One stopped working

[Darryl_Gittins]

The main storage expansion slot on my Aspire One AOA110 stopped working. The drive no longer appears My computer, and the device no longer appears in Device Manager. I put a 2 GB SD into the slot, and it also is not recognized. This is a problem because I am left with only 8GB of space (on the SSD).

I could use the other expansion slot but SD cards do not fit flush using that port. So I worry about the card getting bumped because the SD card protrudes.

I'm concluding that the Perhaps the main storage expansion slot is dead, unless maybe this is a known issue that can be resolved with some clever command!

Has anyone tried replacing that unit? Is it welded to the Mobo?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!

 

[Darryl_Gittins]

Re: The storage expansion slot on my Aspire One stopped work

As it turns out, this was software related somehow. I wiped the OS and reinstalled from the restore CD and the expansion slot worked again. Very puzzling. I wonder what could have cased this to happen?