What do you do when a flash memory SD card containing photos of the President of the United States and your client in the White House breaks into pieces, leaving you holding one of the tiny microchips? (See Figure 1)
The answer probably won't surprise you: Take a deep breath and remain calm. Remaining calm may not provide you with a practical benefit. It will, however, afford you just enough time to mull over how completely screwed you might be.
Some years ago, after an epic effort to gain access to the White House, a pool photographer was able to take hundreds of photos and a few high-resolution video clips of his clients and G.W. Bush in the White House. Later, the Flash memory SD card that contained all the data snapped in his hands. This was a critically important and irreplaceable $30 SD card. This is precisely the situation photographer Justin Kase Conder found himself in back in 2008.
While searching for help, he discovered Circuit Technology Center. The team at Circuit Technology Center procured a new matching SD card. We disassembled the new SD card and swapped the microchips from the damaged card to the new SC card. (See Figure 2)
When the SD card was tested, all the data was retrieved - a relatively simple solution to a potentially embarrassing, career-damaging situation.
