to those with broken cf card readers:

look at this. i stumbled across this while browsing for electronics pieces

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... cts_id=493

dope, will this work for sure??? because my card reader has been **** for a month so far...

i have absolutely no idea. this will take a lot of attention from someone w/ a broken cf card reader. if mine ever goes dead, i know for sure i'm not looking to akai for a recplacement less i wanna wait several years

i might give it a shot

compare and contrast. you've gotta make sure this is the right one. there are others out there on the market too. it'd be nice though if you could just solder in a new piece and have a working cf card again, esp because these things are about 20 duckets