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If you can break it, I'll break it. Sigh.

So, the OSD was sitting on top of the TV, and when I went to move something else, it slid off and swung on the cables, hitting the table behind the TV. Picking it up, I heard a rattle, and lo0ked closer - you gotta love a clear case for seeing what just broke.

Seems the CF card that was plugged in was significantly more sturdy than the slot it was plugged into - it hit the table and acted as a lever, and the socket broke in two spots, and the lever action broke the solder connections in a scary nasty way. (Scary and nasty meaning I wouldn't feel comfortable cracking it open and attempting a fix).

So - two things:

1) Design issue - a good blow to the CF card will break the slot. Even a non-good blow will. It is apparently just held in place by the strength of the solder connections - the two plastic pins that go into the motherboard don't stop a lever action. Maybe glue them in place in production??? (to scare yourself, set the OSD down flat, and push down on an inserted CF card - the only thing resisting that force is the solder on the data connector)

2) I'm afraid to run it this way, though I suspect it will work fine other than the CF card. Who/where to I go to for repair/replacement?

If you can, take a digi pic of the damage, send me an email, I do pcb repairs. I will return a quote by email to you.