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Flash drive not so 'flash'

It went belly-up.

April 13, 2006 1:52:58 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Probably teaches me to help someone out with their comp issues.....his USB ports weren't working.....and now neither is my 1gig Flashdrive.

What's the bet something was wired up cleverly and it's now been fried.

Bugger. $120 AUS down the drain.

Next time he can use his own....

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Reply #1 April 13, 2006 6:43:17 AM
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Reply #2 April 13, 2006 2:28:33 PM
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ouch. Bugger!
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Reply #3 April 13, 2006 3:54:45 PM
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Was it a current issue, maybe the power supply? Must have been something pretty bad to burn your flash drive.
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Reply #4 April 13, 2006 5:37:19 PM
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Nah, Ive heard of people assembling there towers and screwing up the wireing on the frontside USB ports..If they switched the positive and the ground it would fry a flash drive..And Jafo 120 for a 1gig flash drive...shame on you..that is waayyy to much to spend...it shouldnt have been more then 60 or 70 bucks......Shop around man...You can get a 1 gig alianware mp3 player for that. with flash drive capabilitys...
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Reply #5 April 13, 2006 5:52:52 PM
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Oh wait...What is the price diffrence..you said AUS vs American I asume...So maybe you didnt get yanked too much...get it..Yanked...Yank.....okay
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Reply #6 April 13, 2006 5:53:23 PM
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ack, didn't think about the front ports.
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Reply #7 April 13, 2006 6:47:12 PM
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Yes...it was the front ports....and yes, 120 AUS would be about 80 US....and that was a few months ago now...so the equivalent would be still less today...

Next time I'm transferring data, etc to another's machine I'll use a 20c CD....

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Reply #8 April 16, 2006 1:28:58 AM
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many bare cases still come with split pin connectors for the front usb ports .. 1 misplaced pin can fry anything plugged in to it ... Tyically if i get a call to Help with front USB issues i first get the case model # and manufacturer, motherboard model and mfgr. then print the coresponding Installation manual Pages off the perspective manufacturers Web sites .. then make sure every thing is copasetic. 9 times out of 10 theres a misplaced pin or they didnt even hook them up at all...

CD is still the best way to go. flash drives are nice but to sucecptable to hardware issues as well as other issues when trouble shooting a PC...
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Reply #9 April 18, 2006 8:44:41 PM
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If it makes you feel any better, I just fried my 1Gig flash drive in my new PC.

Front USB connectors on the new case were a different style than the new MB, so naturally I connected them wrong and.....voila! One dead thumb drive.
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Reply #10 April 18, 2006 9:26:04 PM
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Make sure you guys are actually frying these things. They're nothing more then non-volatile memory (the same as the BIOS chip) and sometimes (sometimes being the operative word), it's simply a matter of draining the power out of them via the PSU and booting up to 'reset' it.
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Reply #11 April 18, 2006 9:38:21 PM
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draining the power out of them via the PSU

How?
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Reply #12 April 18, 2006 9:42:46 PM
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I'm still not sure what fried my 1GB drive, but given what I used it for, it was a front-side USB port. I am making more of a habit of "disconnecting" the replacement rather than just yanking it out. The smaller ones aren't quite coming with a Happy Meal yet, but it's getting close. Keep the larger ones for more important things.
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Reply #13 April 18, 2006 9:57:57 PM
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How?


Leave the drive in. Turn off computer, unplug the power, push the Start button to drain any residual juice left....have a beer. Boot-up.

Happy Meal


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Reply #14 April 18, 2006 10:01:36 PM
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I'll give that a try. So far I've tried the drive in 4 different PCs, and it wasn't "seen" bey any of them.

(I plan to pay special attention to the beer part. I'm a stickler for accuracy, you know )
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Reply #15 April 19, 2006 12:34:50 AM
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Had a few skinloads of beer....still no change....though the wife complains of beer gut...

My friendly comp shop happily replaced it, BTW...

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Reply #16 April 19, 2006 12:35:32 AM
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....the drive, not the physique...
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Reply #17 April 19, 2006 12:36:48 AM
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....the drive, not the physique...
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Reply #18 April 19, 2006 6:38:09 AM
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Drive still won't light up and is not recognized by the system.

Maybe one beer wasn't enough.
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Reply #19 April 19, 2006 1:26:57 PM
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Beers and PC, who would have known. Anyone got a cup holder on their PCs (besides the CD tray) and/or a cigarette lighter? I've seen these around and can't possibly imagine who would put these on their PC's, then I read the replies and wondered.
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Reply #20 April 19, 2006 2:26:53 PM
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I remember touring the computer room at my dad's work as a kid and seeing the ashtrays built into the consoles. Can't imagine that today.
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Reply #21 April 21, 2006 8:28:09 PM
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Don't throw it away. My flash drive come back to life after a couple of days after bad run in washer and dryer cycle. It died for 2 days then it just got working. It's retired now, however since I got nifty tiny 512 MB drive. It was just 30 bucks too.
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