Stuck Expresscard Slot Cover

Hi all, I've got a question regarding my expresscard/34 slot. I've been travelling a lot lately with my macbook pro, and have recently discovered that the expresscard slot has somehow become stuck open, and I can't figure out how to get the cover to close and protect the insides from dust, moisture, etc. I don't have an expresscard to try inserting and ejecting. Any brilliant ideas?
Macbook Pro 15-Inch Mac OS X (10.4.7)

When ours got stuck I used a paper clip to jiggle it a few times until it closed. You shouldn't need to hook it unless it is stuck a lot worse than ours was. It hasn't happened again.
Jo Ann

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I just bought an GX740 with core i7 and radeon 5870 but I am having some troubles. Os is windows seven 64 bit premium home.
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OMG!!
looks like msi learned nothing in the past!
please read it all here: same issue with pr200
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=119513.80
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after 8month of writing email with msi-techsupport & dev team they released a special bios "workaround" version and it worked. (also with this special bios version the expresscard has to be inserted before boot. if removed and inserted again it also does not work with this special bios)
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