Re: [PLUG] Flash drive "No medium found"

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:59 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:

On 04/24/2016 09:12 AM, Mike DePaulo wrote:

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 5:58 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:

My son has a really cool Victorinox Swiss Army 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive [1],
but someone knocked a computer over at school when he was using it and now
it doesn't work.

<snip>

My theory is that the flash memory is damaged, but the flash memory
controller is not.

-Mike

Thanks Mike, that was a good idea for testing. Unless someone else comes up with something brilliant, it looks like it's toast. And I can't find a replacement anywhere.

The chip itself looks to be 11 x 23 x 1.5mm when I measure it and the best images I've found are http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Swiss-Army-Flash-Drive/dp/B00A3ISWPO/ and http://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/victorinox-alox-slim-16gb-usb-flash-drive_413-3001677-4617128G16/. If I got something like that I might be able to prey open the plastic part and just swap the chips. Ideas there?

Thanks,
JP
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