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lecsiy
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_ 		29. May 2007 @ 14:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey,

I've been given a faulty usb drive in need of some attention. Basically it contains my friends essays for her universirty course.
I do not need the drive to be fixed as such just need it to recover the data. I have opened it up and have resoldered all the points to guarantee a connection. I have used a magnifiying glass and can 100% assure you that there is connection.
When you plug the USB drive into a computer the red light on the usb stick lights up however nothing happens on the computer. Im really stumped for ideas. Im willing to try anything. I also have a spare working usb drive ready to take apart for spares!

Any help would be soo much appreciated!

Thanks

Lecsiy
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Indochine
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_ 		30. May 2007 @ 08:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Resoldered all the joints to guarantee a (thermal) connection to a cooked flash RAM chip...

Probably the flash memory chip had died before you even attacked it with a soldering iron, so it didn't suffer. (Let us hope)

Was the soldering iron a temperature controlled, low voltage, grounded type? Anyway, kiss the data goodbye.


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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. May 2007 @ 09:07
lecsiy
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_ 		30. May 2007 @ 14:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Didnt touch the flash memory with the solder iron.

Any other ideas?

Need that data!
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