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Getting a Memory Stick PRO Duo out of an Acer Aspire One

November 21, 2008 by Lauren 85 Comments

The tools.

Greetings, fellow hosed person. If you have found this post, it is because you, too, tried to put your tiny memory stick in your laptop without the adaptor, and now realize that it is stuck for good. Tweezers are too big to fit in that little slot, and it looks pretty hopeless. Let me share my experience with you.

Stuck Memory Stick PRO Duo in Acer Aspire One

Get some good, sticky tape. I didn’t have duct tape, and thought masking tape might not be sticky enough. We had a roll of electrical tape, though, and that worked just fine.

Cut off a piece a few inches long. Carefully slide it – sticky side toward the memory stick – into the slot. Use a knife to smooth it onto the memory stick, then remove the knife and pull on the tape. I had to do it twice since the first piece of tape was barely sticking to it. Worked like a charm.

Yeah, it’s blurry.

So go & get all MacGuyver on it, you! Good luck! If you found this post useful, please mail me one million dollars. Thanks.

UPDATE: Despite my mannish-looking hands, this is actually Lauren writing, not Lloyd. The ‘dude’ and ‘bro’ comments are starting to give me a complex. 🙂

Ignore the finger.

Filed Under: Gadget, Most Popular Tagged With: acer, aspire one, fame, fix, how to, memory stick, pro duo

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  1. rungrote athajarusith says

    December 20, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    thanks!!!! u saved me from BIG trouble

    Reply
  2. Beth says

    December 21, 2008 at 6:34 am

    I’m cracking up at this… And also, glad you’re the genius soul who would not only fix the problem, but also let everyone else know how. 😀

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      December 21, 2008 at 7:56 am

      This happened within the first hour of owning the laptop. Some choice words were spoken around here before it was fixed. 🙂

      Reply
      • Riley the gamer says

        July 18, 2011 at 3:28 pm

        i used tooth picks but electric tape works too

        Reply
  3. nings says

    December 21, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Thankyou! Thankyou! Thankyou!
    It worked 🙂

    Reply
  4. UROSINHO says

    January 12, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    oh dude,thank you.
    just to mention that I was pleasantly surprised how many of us “r-tards” there are actually.

    Reply
  5. shon says

    January 16, 2009 at 1:29 am

    I haven’t tried it yet but I think you’re a genius! My wife is leaving the country in 24 hours and I just downloaded photos from her memory stick to my laptop because the pc kept crashing -- and now guess what? The card is stuck. I’m about to go and do your McGyver trick -- thank you so very much 🙂

    Reply
  6. Tommy D says

    January 21, 2009 at 5:08 am

    You, sir, are a saint! I managed to do this on the first night of owning it and was about to tear my hair out. Thank you!

    Reply
  7. jacob says

    February 3, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    This some awesome advice thanks.

    Reply
  8. David says

    February 16, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    this is the stupidest solution to the stupidest problem. and im glad you put it on here so i can save my self from the angry wrath of my sister.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      February 17, 2009 at 5:38 am

      Yeah, sister wrath is the worst kind. 😉

      Reply
  9. Mark says

    February 20, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    I think you deserve a Practially helpful Diploma (Ph.D.) in emergency engineering, with all the rights and privileges thereto. This is the stuff of movie legends (like in Apollo 13).

    Reply
  10. zch24- from Manila, Phils says

    February 26, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    I had to do it twice. Like what the author says, make sure it’s a very sticky tape, duck tape might do more harm than good, though. What a life-saver. Well done. Thank you. 🙂

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      February 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm

      Thanks, zch24- from Manila, Phils! 😀

      Reply
      • zch24- from Manila, Phils says

        February 28, 2009 at 9:07 am

        you bet 🙂

        Reply
  11. Javier says

    March 4, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Thanks, now i know what happen with my card (Is to small). I get it off with 2 mini screw drivers, but next time i will try your idea, because is great. Now i try to find the adapter.

    Reply
  12. MARK says

    March 5, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    ya got one stuck last night no instruction in all of acer docs and a little plastic peice that looks like an adapter but isnt arrrgh! Thanks I Thought I was gonna have to take it apart!

    Reply
  13. Vinícius says

    March 22, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    Thanks!

    Reply
  14. em says

    March 28, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    You have to keep the plasic card in with the memory stick you put in so that this does not happen. You put your memory stick on top of the plastic thing and it clicks in…

    Reply
  15. Id says

    April 1, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    YOU SAVED MY LIFE! If i could ever meet you…i’d kiss you for sure.

    The memory stick has been stuck to my laptop since last week and i’ve been keeping it quiet because it’s my bro. Everyday i have to come up with different excuses as to where it is. NOW I FINALLY GOT IT OUT.

    I SO LOVE YOU.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      April 1, 2009 at 7:54 pm

      Awww…… thanks, Id!

      Reply
  16. Fiorano430 says

    April 11, 2009 at 8:06 am

    Brilliant thinking out the box, work in seconds and saved me doing a possible tear down that looked silly difficult. 😀 I wish you all the best in life.

    Reply
  17. Kara says

    April 11, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    You are a genius -- thank you!! Wish I had searched for this problem before I spent 30 minutes taking out screws & cursing… Your trick took 30 seconds.

    Reply
  18. Plinio says

    April 15, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    BINGO!!!
    I will save money to collect one million dollar for you… 🙂
    Thanks in million

    Reply
  19. Mel says

    April 22, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    You know, I was going to try the sticky tape thing, but I just decided to give the memory stick duo that was lodged in my aspire one a poke with a pair of scissors and it came right out.

    Good thing too, I couldn’t find any tape. 🙂

    Reply
  20. arrow says

    June 27, 2009 at 11:15 am

    Well, I was able to get the memory stick duo card out of a different acer laptop with a pair of tweezers.

    Amazingly, while the little card was stuck in there, the laptop actually recognized the device and scanned it. Ha, it worked.

    Of course it goes without saying that it is criminal for these companies to make mutually exclusive proprietary devices like memory cards and power cords. They want you to have to go out and pay top dollar for their stuff, which will not work on anyone else’s stuff.

    The memory stick card will now require another adaptor, something else to have to buy and then not be able to find when it comes time to download photos. sheesh.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      June 27, 2009 at 11:37 am

      It is annoying. I threw away the adapter for the memory stick because it was a school camera and we always downloaded pictures using a cable. It would be nice if they could fix this design -- either for the computer or the memory stick.

      With my current camera, I’m waiting for a wireless XD card (they have an SD) to be made. That seems like a pretty cool idea!

      Reply
  21. Jason says

    July 2, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Oh GOD THANK YOU! Just got it removed in less than a minute. Perfect solution. Thank god your post came up in google!

    Reply
  22. David M. says

    July 17, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Memory Adapters! We don’t need no stinkin’ memeory adapters!

    Oh yes, yes I do.

    Thank you.

    Reply
  23. Joanne says

    July 24, 2009 at 11:21 am

    OMG. thank you so much. i tried the tweezers and when i read that, i cracked the hell up. thank you so much. =)

    Reply
  24. Joanne says

    July 24, 2009 at 11:21 am

    P.S. you are SO going to get a shout on my website.

    Reply
  25. Ejit says

    August 5, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    Oh my gosh, thank you! Cheque’s in the mail. If you don’t get it in a week, it must be lost! 😉

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      August 6, 2009 at 5:52 am

      Ha! Finally, an offer of payment!

      Reply
  26. Kristi says

    August 7, 2009 at 11:35 am

    Hi, I wanted to say thanks so much for posting this. It is old, but it helped me out big time. After trying everything from bobby pins to hair clips, super glue to nail files, your method was the one that worked.

    It was so weird. The memory stick WAS NOT COMING OUT, goddangit it was staying in there no matter what I wanted. Well when the tape was stuck on there and I pulled, it popped out and my jaw dropped haha

    Reply
  27. Grateful'yo says

    August 15, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    Dude… I stuck it in my girlfriend’s computer not knowing that it needed an adapter… panicked at first, but you saved my ass brudda. Thanks!

    Reply
  28. lolz says

    August 23, 2009 at 11:30 pm

    that helped. I just used normal tape, then got enough room for tweezers. THANKS A TON!

    Reply
  29. Willem says

    September 19, 2009 at 5:28 am

    Yeah! It worked brilliantly. Even with nórmal tape!!
    Thanks a lot man
    Greetz from Holland

    Reply
  30. Carl says

    September 25, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Thanks! Worked great! (I used packing tape, because that’s what I had… worked fine.)

    Reply
  31. Daniel says

    October 1, 2009 at 12:33 am

    THX SO MUCH FOR THIS AWESOME TRICK GOT SO SCARED WHE THIS HAPPENEd just when i have the chemistry study guide on it got stuck THX so mx

    Reply
  32. Jackie says

    October 3, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Totally genius! I did feel all MacGuyver, and it worked on my second try. Thanks!

    Reply
  33. Krayze says

    November 9, 2009 at 1:33 am

    Thank you so much, i was getting aggravated.

    Reply
  34. petra says

    November 16, 2009 at 7:12 am

    Wow, it sounded stupid but it most certainly works.I’ll be sure to tell everyone this li’l trick 🙂 It quite possibly just saved my relationship, believe it or not. You’re a genius mate…thanks.

    Reply
  35. David.c says

    December 1, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    My mom was gonna kill me…
    Thanks

    Reply
  36. SuperChunkyMoney says

    December 6, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    Thank you so much!!!! It actually works great

    Reply
  37. Mary says

    December 22, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    OMG!
    I know this is much later, but this gave me the idea to fold some tape over to make a “handle” so I could put it in without worrying about how to get it back out!
    Thank you!

    Reply
  38. Brandon says

    December 25, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    thank you so much i almost crraped myslef because it was stuck however this happend to my cuz and hes like just use tape and not after 10 seconds of googling for help i founf this page thanks so much 🙂

    Reply
  39. Mark says

    December 25, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    Hey sis! You’re a DUDE! It cracks me up that it took a GIRL to come up with this idea.

    Reply
    • Lauren says

      December 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm

      It’s my man hands that throws everyone off. 😉

      Reply
  40. chris says

    December 26, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    hey. i just got a laptop for christmas. i figured i would try to dload some psp demos to my memory stick. i put the card in and dload my stuffs. when i try to take the card out, i see i am totally roflboned. thats when i decide to surf the web for an idea after an hour and a half of failed attempts with tweezers. i find this and i think, are there that many people as dumb as me??? i got it out using scotch tape and a credit card, but the same basic idea. i owe you one!

    Reply
  41. Jon Paul 2012 says

    December 29, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Thanks! I was going to try tweezers, but this was even simpler!

    Reply
  42. jude says

    February 2, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    Totally fab -- hooray for you!

    Reply
  43. Nick says

    February 7, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    You sir, are a GOD.

    Reply
  44. Jill says

    February 11, 2010 at 11:50 am

    Sad to say but it works =) thx soo much

    Reply
  45. Lems says

    February 16, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    o god, thank you. i’ve been trying for the last 30 min using tweezers and paper clips. lol, stupid me.

    this isn’t even my laptop, it’s my sister’s and i’m using it without her permission. hahaha. you saved me, thanks a lot.

    Reply
  46. intronet bum says

    March 7, 2010 at 10:33 am

    thanks dude saved my acer 1410!! and the memory stick. TYmuch

    Reply
  47. Liam says

    April 9, 2010 at 6:42 am

    Excellent and lifesaving tip, thank you. Is there no way a memorystick plus DUO will work on this awful Acer Aspire cardreader? It says Memorystick Plus, but not “Memory stick plus duo”….. thanks again!

    Reply
  48. AndrewT says

    April 20, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Thank you so much!

    Reply
  49. Papanash says

    April 22, 2010 at 5:24 am

    Thanks a lot!

    Reply
  50. Abdullah says

    June 12, 2010 at 2:13 am

    Thanks alot. u saved me alot of tyme. i was trying to take it out for the past two hour.
    Thanks a lot dude

    Reply
  51. malkie says

    July 22, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    Thank you Thank you Thank you

    Reply
  52. Joey says

    September 22, 2010 at 2:57 am

    Thank you. Using simple office tape worked for me. Well done!

    Reply
  53. Tri says

    November 12, 2010 at 5:29 am

    OMG!!! Thank you so much, I was freaking out when I pushed it in further and further and it wouldn’t click back out. You are amazing, I’m pretty sure you could survive in the wilderness with just a knife and a piece of duct tape. Cheers.

    Reply
  54. Brad says

    November 12, 2010 at 5:58 am

    HAHAHA! I just read the update on this post! Dude, you are so funny Lauren. Thanks for the laugh, bro.

    Reply
  55. Eileen Plunkett says

    November 26, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    I want to thank you for this excellent solution. We are on vacation and my friend forgot that our netbook only takes SD cards. Went nuts trying to get the stick out…..searched and found your site. Went to a hardware store this morning and as others have said, 30 seconds later, stck was out……………..

    Eileen

    Reply
  56. crammer says

    December 25, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    thanks for the post -- at least I know I’m not alone! What a STOOPID design flaw.

    Reply
  57. jr2006 says

    December 26, 2010 at 9:46 pm

    I just did this after trying many ways of taking that sh!t out of it. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You saved my life!

    Reply
  58. gareth says

    December 28, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    thanks very much I adapted your method by using two knife points as tweezers as didn’t have any electircal tape so another method available for people.

    Thanks though, wouldn’t have thought of it without reading your solution

    Reply
  59. zane says

    February 27, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    can somone help me with a similar problem i have a psp go i thought you can put m2 & micro sd cards so i put a sd card in the psp and the light flashed so i tryed to coppy somthing and it sayed “no memorey stick inserted” i checked it to see if it was inserted propley and i attempted to get out and it was stuck can anyone help its my new psp go

    Reply
  60. bob says

    March 18, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    thx dude my bro got so mad then i found this n did what u said

    Reply
  61. Trixie says

    March 29, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    I cannot even begin to describe how much you literally JUST saved my butt! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

    Reply
  62. Tirso says

    April 5, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    Thanks for this post. My son stucked his memory stick for his PSP into my Acer laptop slot. Although for me, the tape didn’t work but the knife did the job. But at least, I’ve got the idea.

    Thank you….

    Reply
  63. faziiie says

    April 30, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    thanks! it really worked! 😀

    Reply
  64. TRIKTRIK says

    June 29, 2011 at 5:07 pm

    THANK YOU

    Reply
  65. Stay Frosty says

    September 6, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    I used my teeth to remove it but your tip will work too.

    Reply
  66. jay newby says

    October 30, 2011 at 7:02 pm

    DUUUUDE! thank you 2 soooo much! u just saved me from killin myself n possibly my whole family! im an athiest, so it means a lot when i say: Thank God for you guys!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  67. Missy says

    November 3, 2011 at 9:41 pm

    Does anyone know what memory stick adapter would be used in an Acer Aspire 5253-BZ412?

    Reply
  68. C.J. David says

    March 11, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    Thank you very, very much! This was a genius idea. Once again, thank you! 🙂

    Reply
  69. Paige says

    May 17, 2012 at 12:04 am

    You are a genius! I thought I was doomed after I jammed that little fiend in there. Your solution worked like a CHARM! Its out! Thank You so much!

    ~Paige

    Reply
  70. Aaryaman says

    August 10, 2012 at 8:27 am

    You saved me from a big big trouble may god make you the next bill gates thank u very much mann it worked in seconds

    Reply
  71. jc Ko says

    August 22, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    DUDE. THANKS!
    Like, seriously. This was of great help.
    Also, sorry for the “dude”. 🙂

    Reply
  72. Cris says

    September 3, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Thank you so muuuuuuuuuch, you saved meeee. It wouldnt have crossed my mind the way you did it. So smart thank you !!!

    Reply
  73. CiciF says

    November 26, 2013 at 7:31 am

    Thank you!Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! Totally worked!:) 🙂 My boss would have otherwise killed me!

    Reply
  74. Pete Fakename says

    December 19, 2013 at 6:05 am

    I gently pushed it out with some scissors, by applying some pressure beneath the memory stick (it’s also thinner than the SD, so there is room for it in the SD port)

    Reply
  75. LovelySilentRugged says

    March 29, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    It really helped me escape my problem from messin’ up with my brother. I thought this will going to be a rampant war. Million thanks! 😀

    Reply
  76. John says

    October 7, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Pure Genius Lauren, worked like a charm! Thanks!

    Next time I e-mail Acer I will let them know not to make the slot so deep (but they will likely not listen)

    Take care, ^_^
    John

    Reply

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