Had a client drop off a flash drive that has some pretty important stuff on it. they broke it pretty clean. I was wondering what the best course of action was for it. It broke right where the metal of the usb port ends. Metal is bent a little bit.
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lcoughey
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Remove the white plastic and provide a clear photo of both sides of the thumb drive.
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Since it's important and if they are willing to spend some money just send it out. Give lcoughey and 300ddr a call to discuss.
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A steady hand - some thin wire and a soldering iron - Probably a good way to totally foul it up. iI you aren't used to this kind of thing send it to the Pro s
hahaha yea. I totally agree. soldering something like this is not my cup of tea! if its at that point its getting shipped out. I not going to try to mess with it if we are at the solder point!
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It's at the solder point. Best case scenario, replace the usb 3 connector.
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You could use a local jeweler like we do.
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Never would have thought of that.... that raises some interesting avenues in our local community.
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Well at 53 not only could I not solder the thing, I can barely see the thing.
wow. thats an interesting idea. a jeweler? they solder? thats thinking outside the box!
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You don't need to reinstate all those connections. If you identify the four USB2 connections, that should be sufficient to get at the data. For your purposes, I'd try connecting a USB2 flying lead, but I'm comfortable with soldering.
In fact, if you cut/break away the remains of the blue plastic, you should be able to use clips from a flying lead onto the remains of the USB3 connector (just the USB2 pins) – no soldering required.
In fact, if you cut/break away the remains of the blue plastic, you should be able to use clips from a flying lead onto the remains of the USB3 connector (just the USB2 pins) – no soldering required.
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It must be the service engineer in me – make do with whatever you have in the back of the car.
Take a USB cable and cut the type-A plug off with, say, six inches of cable attached. Strip back the cable to individual cores and attach a croc clip to each. You might even use paper clips, for extra improv. points.
Don't you people make anything?
Edit to add: Google tells me that 'flying leads' probably translates to 'bare-wire pigtails' on the other side of the Atlantic.
Take a USB cable and cut the type-A plug off with, say, six inches of cable attached. Strip back the cable to individual cores and attach a croc clip to each. You might even use paper clips, for extra improv. points.
Don't you people make anything?
Edit to add: Google tells me that 'flying leads' probably translates to 'bare-wire pigtails' on the other side of the Atlantic.
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You might want to practice your MacGyver skills on one of your own devices before attempting something you've never done before on a customers device with some "pretty important stuff" on it.
Or send it to someone who knows what they are doing, mark up the price a bit to make some money, and have a happy customer.
Or send it to someone who knows what they are doing, mark up the price a bit to make some money, and have a happy customer.
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If you are soldering make sure to ground the iron.
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Get out of here with your logic and stuff!
Yes i would definitely do this. Not trying to make it worse. Thanks for the tip. It is surprising how uncommon common sense is!
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"Pretty important stuff"!
Send to the pros, before you make it worse.
If they are willing to pay of course. Amazing how "un-important" stuff becomes when prices are mentioned. "But I thought maybe you could just copy it to a new one?", mentality.
Send to the pros, before you make it worse.
If they are willing to pay of course. Amazing how "un-important" stuff becomes when prices are mentioned. "But I thought maybe you could just copy it to a new one?", mentality.
already been in touch with drive saver. The client said quote was high and would get back to me lol. They also have a sd camera card that reads unformated but has thousands of pic from their trip to africa. Drive saver quote seemed high on that to even though they are irreplaceable photos. Dont want to do much on that one to mess it up more. But if he does want go through with drive savers and ideas to get the photos off the sd card?
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