Solve : Jump Drives?

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Answer» Hi Comda here, Just a week ago i had a good 1g Verbatim smart drive. I found my old tower and decided to finally PLUG in the front usbs. I didn't know whick port to plug the cables in so i pluged them into random ones and then booted the computer and inserted my flash drive the light blinked and shut down. i could not get it to turn on the tip would heat up. then of fri i GOT the light to work now when i insert it the computer tells me "windows does not recognise the Usb Drive" Any help?Windows98/ME need drivers for jump drives.You may also want to try it on a rear port...if it's heating up something on the front header is connected wrong.This insn't win 98 i'am running windows xp on it and i tried it on all my win xp and older computers!Quote from: patio on October 08, 2009, 09:59:42 AM You may also want to try it on a rear port...if it's heating up something on the front header is connected wrong. i TRIED IT ON THE rear port which ever computer i PUT it in it gives me that answer.. Does it show up in Disk Management ? ? If so right clik it and select Properties....Quote from: comda on October 08, 2009, 09:52:28 AM ...Just a week ago i had a good 1g Verbatim smart drive.... You 1st said this. Quote from: comda on October 08, 2009, 10:01:10 AM i TRIED IT ON THE rear port which ever computer i put it in it gives me that answer.. Now you say this. Do you mean, 1 week ago, it worked on all computers and now it does not work on any computer?Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 08, 2009, 10:07:01 AM You 1st said this. Now you say this. Do you mean, 1 week ago, it worked on all computers and now it does not work on any computer? yES AFTER i tried that new usb connection it tells me that windows does not recognise the usb drive and yes i tried th rear ports!I have seen them have issues before with solder joints inside. One of which had its crystal come loose and another had a solder ball rolling around shorting it out. They both HEATED up and I got same message you stated. The one with a solder ball I could shake or tap it and reinsert it and sometimes get it to work. The one with the loose crystal you could hear a rattle inside when shaking it by your ear. I was able to fix both of them by cracking them open and resoldering the crystal and removing the solder ball from the other. Worth a shot maybe. The data was still on both when they came back to life due to no fried components and in order to erase memory a pin on the static ram has to be fed an instruction to clear data blocks. Basically has to be unlocked to erase memory. So the short outs didnt hurt my memory on my 128MB Lexar drive and 4GB red cheap no-name from tiger direct. You should be able to crack it open at its SEAM. Try not to apply any force to the board inside or the usb port sticking out.Quote from: DaveLembke on October 09, 2009, 10:04:49 AM I have seen them have issues before with solder joints inside. One of which had its crystal come loose and another had a solder ball rolling around shorting it out. They both heated up and I got same message you stated. The one with a solder ball I could shake or tap it and reinsert it and sometimes get it to work. The one with the loose crystal you could hear a rattle inside when shaking it by your ear. I was able to fix both of them by cracking them open and resoldering the crystal and removing the solder ball from the other. Worth a shot maybe. The data was still on both when they came back to life due to no fried components and in order to erase memory a pin on the static ram has to be fed an instruction to clear data blocks. Basically has to be unlocked to erase memory. So the short outs didnt hurt my memory on my 128MB Lexar drive and 4GB red cheap no-name from tiger direct. You should be able to crack it open at its seam. Try not to apply any force to the board inside or the usb port sticking out. I did pop it open because at first it would not do anything when i opened it there was nothing wrong but i notice the proccessor looked like it was fried but then the lit turned on when i inserted in once more. Could it be an issue when all my stuff got deleted including the program it had?Quote from: comda on October 09, 2009, 01:18:22 PM ... 1. i notice the proccessor looked like it was fried but then the lit turned on when i inserted in once more. 2. Could it be an issue when all my stuff got deleted including the program it had? 1. I suppose it's dead, nothing you can do. 2. No.i don't think so if it was dead it would not even trun on

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Hi Comda here,

Just a week ago i had a good 1g Verbatim smart drive. I found my old tower and decided to finally PLUG in the front usbs. I didn't know whick port to plug the cables in so i pluged them into random ones and then booted the computer and inserted my flash drive the light blinked and shut down. i could not get it to turn on the tip would heat up. then of fri i GOT the light to work now when i insert it the computer tells me
"windows does not recognise the Usb Drive"

Any help?Windows98/ME need drivers for jump drives.You may also want to try it on a rear port...if it's heating up something on the front header is connected wrong.This insn't win 98 i'am running windows xp on it and i tried it on all my win xp and older computers!Quote from: patio on October 08, 2009, 09:59:42 AM

You may also want to try it on a rear port...if it's heating up something on the front header is connected wrong.

i TRIED IT ON THE rear port which ever computer i PUT it in it gives me that answer.. Does it show up in Disk Management ? ?
If so right clik it and select Properties....Quote from: comda on October 08, 2009, 09:52:28 AM

...Just a week ago i had a good 1g Verbatim smart drive....

You 1st said this.

Quote from: comda on October 08, 2009, 10:01:10 AM

i TRIED IT ON THE rear port which ever computer i put it in it gives me that answer..

Now you say this. Do you mean, 1 week ago, it worked on all computers and now it does not work on any computer?Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 08, 2009, 10:07:01 AM

You 1st said this.
Now you say this. Do you mean, 1 week ago, it worked on all computers and now it does not work on any computer?

yES AFTER i tried that new usb connection it tells me that windows does not recognise the usb drive and yes i tried th rear ports!I have seen them have issues before with solder joints inside. One of which had its crystal come loose and another had a solder ball rolling around shorting it out. They both HEATED up and I got same message you stated.

The one with a solder ball I could shake or tap it and reinsert it and sometimes get it to work. The one with the loose crystal you could hear a rattle inside when shaking it by your ear.

I was able to fix both of them by cracking them open and resoldering the crystal and removing the solder ball from the other.

Worth a shot maybe. The data was still on both when they came back to life due to no fried components and in order to erase memory a pin on the static ram has to be fed an instruction to clear data blocks. Basically has to be unlocked to erase memory. So the short outs didnt hurt my memory on my 128MB Lexar drive and 4GB red cheap no-name from tiger direct.

You should be able to crack it open at its SEAM. Try not to apply any force to the board inside or the usb port sticking out.Quote from: DaveLembke on October 09, 2009, 10:04:49 AM

I have seen them have issues before with solder joints inside. One of which had its crystal come loose and another had a solder ball rolling around shorting it out. They both heated up and I got same message you stated.

The one with a solder ball I could shake or tap it and reinsert it and sometimes get it to work. The one with the loose crystal you could hear a rattle inside when shaking it by your ear.

I was able to fix both of them by cracking them open and resoldering the crystal and removing the solder ball from the other.

Worth a shot maybe. The data was still on both when they came back to life due to no fried components and in order to erase memory a pin on the static ram has to be fed an instruction to clear data blocks. Basically has to be unlocked to erase memory. So the short outs didnt hurt my memory on my 128MB Lexar drive and 4GB red cheap no-name from tiger direct.

You should be able to crack it open at its seam. Try not to apply any force to the board inside or the usb port sticking out.

I did pop it open because at first it would not do anything when i opened it there was nothing wrong but i notice the proccessor looked like it was fried but then the lit turned on when i inserted in once more. Could it be an issue when all my stuff got deleted including the program it had?Quote from: comda on October 09, 2009, 01:18:22 PM

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1. i notice the proccessor looked like it was fried but then the lit turned on when i inserted in once more.
2. Could it be an issue when all my stuff got deleted including the program it had?

1. I suppose it's dead, nothing you can do.
2. No.i don't think so if it was dead it would not even trun on

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