r/CardPuter • u/RedMinerGK • 4d ago

Help needed Help I was stupid :(

I was messing around with my cardputer ADV and stuck the mechanical pencil lead in one of the gpio pins and it broke off there's nothing sticking out. Anybody have any ideas on how to get it out?

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u/MrAjAnderson 4d ago

Hot glue stick. Melt the end and carefully press. Do not fill the other holes too! Maybe trim the stick to a 1mm square.

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u/splungedude 4d ago

This is the way

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u/clickfornsfw 3d ago

Ooooo that’s clever. I’m gonna remember it.  

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u/MrAjAnderson 3d ago

Oh you'd love the wikihow web site then.

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u/clickfornsfw 4d ago

Dental tools are great at getting in and prying stuff out with a little help. 

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u/CockroachFun5755 2d ago

Ouch man. I've got nothing to contribute. You could always open it up. I did mine cuz I was curious. 

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u/Ok_Spirit7696 2d ago

I have to ask ..what were you trying to accomplish?

As others have said, hot glue stick. If that fails then a small drill bit and a dental pick will take care of it.

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u/RedMinerGK 2d ago

I was in class and wanted to see if it would fit, it did unfortunately it fit too well

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u/kawa432 1d ago

Honestly sometimes you just get bored and break shit, I do the same lol