My 5 year old Canon Rebel XT had 3 missing pins (not sure how they were broken off) in the CF card port. Instead of needles, which were a bit too large to fit into the CF slots, my Hubby used 2 small copper wire pieces entwined to make one wire equal to the size of the pins' diameter. He filled the 3 corresponding holes in the CF card with the wire... he left a tiny bit of it sticking out, but snipped off the rest. The CF card works perfectly now! YAY!