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Dead Thumb Drive
I have a cruzer thumb drive that doesnt power up when plugged in to the USB port. The light comes on for a second and then it dies out. The computer doesnt recognize it. is there a way to recover the data of a dead thumb drive? can I take it apart and retrieve it rom the chip?
In all likelihood, it the chip that has gone faulty. When USB keys fail, that is normally the end of them (which I why I counsel clients never to rely upon them as a sole source of data). ... Thinkpads_User
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I have sucessfully re-soldered the USB connector to the mini-circuit board twice.. one was an easy fix since the solder joints were simply cracked and only needed to be touched with a bit of heat. The other was more difficult since the circuit board paths were torn from the circuit board.. SO the answer is that it is definately possible to get it repaired enough to retrieve your data...but you'll need a hardware tech to do it.
you can resolder the connector (if loose) but also this can help : http://www.larsen-b.com/Article/288.html