Mixed results: it worked for a bit... I instantly started copying =20 files but it died after some time (maybe 20 mins), and the drive was =20 not recognizable anymore after that. The drive was hot at that point. =20 I'm at home today so all I have is a basic weller iron, but I can't =20 see anything that looks shorted. Good news is that I got my Eagle files back (lots of work there). =20 Average news is that I could not get some invoices/admin stuff, but =20 since I emailed those to customers, I can extract from emails and =20 re-create. Bad news is that I could not get back all but one PIC code =20 file which was last modified on Saturday. It's not enough for me to =20 bother to go to a data-recovery service, so got some work to do again. =20 :( Cheers, -Neil. Quoting PICdude : > Actually just tried that, but still not ohmmeter not seeing any > connection to 2 pins. There are 2 large chips which have no visible > pins, so I won't be able to move them. > > Just soldered on the wires, so my next email will be either extremely > happiness or extremely sad... > > > > > Quoting William Wilson : > >> I've had some luck with just reflowing the solder between the board >> and connector on USB drives. >> I've also had luck moving the memory chip over to an identical >> working USB drive (thumbdrive that is) >> >> >> >> Cris Wilson >> Information Resource Consultant >> College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities >> Clemson University >> 864-656-6081 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On >> Behalf Of PICdude >> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:46 PM >> To: piclist@mit.edu >> Subject: [EE] USB drive emergency >> >> My new flash drive just died and I desperately need data off of it, >> as it's been almost a week since my last backup with a lot of work >> done since then. >> >> I really suspect the connector as it's a bit bent. When plugged in, >> it either is not detected at all, or if I put pressure on the >> connector it will detect something, then come up with "One of the >> USB devices is not recognized...". >> >> It's a USB 3.0 drive (9-pin connector), but my computer has 4-pin >> USB ports. I've opened up the flash drive and the connector has >> "110815", which I've not yet been able to find. But it looks >> identical to Amphenol GSB316441CEU (datasheet... >> http://media.digikey.com/pdf/Data%20Sheets/Amphenol%20PDFs/GSB316431CEU.= pdf >> ) or Wurth 692112030100 (datasheet... >> 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 the appropriate pads on the flash-drive PCB, but am not clear >> which pins on the USB side are mapped to which SMD pins on the PCB >> side, because the Amphenol connector does not show pin numbers, >> though the Wurth does. I'm testing with an ohmmeter, but so far all >> I see is that USB pin 1 maps to the second SMD pin, and that matches >> the Wurth connector datasheet. >> >> Would it be safe to assume that these connectors (including the once I >> have) have the same mappings? And anything I need to do with the >> shield wire? >> >> Before I cause more damage, thoughts appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> -Neil. >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your >> membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .