My new flash drive just died and I desperately need data off of it, as =20
it's been almost a week since my last backup with a lot of work done =20
since then.

I really suspect the connector as it's a bit bent.  When plugged in, =20
it either is not detected at all, or if I put pressure on the =20
connector it will detect something, then come up with "One of the USB =20
devices is not recognized...".

It's a USB 3.0 drive (9-pin connector), but my computer has 4-pin USB =20
ports.  I've opened up the flash drive and the connector has "110815", =20
which I've not yet been able to find.  But it looks identical to =20
Amphenol GSB316441CEU (datasheet... =20
http://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Amphenol%20PDFs/GSB316431CEU.pdf=
 ) =20
or Wurth 692112030100 (datasheet... =20
http://katalog.we-online.de/kataloge/eican/media/pdf/692112030100.pdf )

I'm stripping a generic USB cable and intend to solder the 4 wires to =20
the appropriate pads on the flash-drive PCB, but am not clear which =20
pins on the USB side are mapped to which SMD pins on the PCB side, =20
because the Amphenol connector does not show pin numbers, though the =20
Wurth does.  I'm testing with an ohmmeter, but so far all I see is =20
that USB pin 1 maps to the second SMD pin, and that matches the Wurth =20
connector datasheet.

Would it be safe to assume that these connectors (including the once I =20
have) have the same mappings?  And anything I need to do with the =20
shield wire?

Before I cause more damage, thoughts appreciated.

Cheers,
-Neil.



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