Anybody had a replacement card slot on their Z9?

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The primary card slot on my Nikon Z 9 developed a fault in that a CF Express card would not click to hold it in place, the spring just pushed it out. I sent my camera to Nikon for a quote to repair and they have come back saying it needs a replacement PCB board, which as this houses the processor costs an eye watering amount for a replacement.

I had assumed the physical card slot would have been a replaceable part, I wondered if any other forum members have had this issue and got a repair from Nikon that did not require a full PCB board replacement?

 

[JAJohnson]

I've not had that problem with my Z9. I'm sorry it's happened to your camera. Replacing the motherboard is definitely expensive.

 

[mathjak107]

i had that happen on my z6 .

it was a 330 dollar repair …. but this sounds more involved

 

[pe1125]

The primary card slot on my Nikon Z 9 developed a fault in that a CF Express card would not click to hold it in place, the spring just pushed it out. I sent my camera to Nikon for a quote to repair and they have come back saying it needs a replacement PCB board, which as this houses the processor costs an eye watering amount for a replacement.

I had assumed the physical card slot would have been a replaceable part, I wondered if any other forum members have had this issue and got a repair from Nikon that did not require a full PCB board replacement?

Haven't had this on my Z9, but did have that exact problem on a D500 several years back. Full PCB replacement was $450 plus shipping and taxes. $530 total for the D500 in January of 2020. Moral: beware of flaky plastic on XQD or CFExpress cards. In my case it was a Sony XQD that was the culprit.
Peter