[wplug] OT- Jumpdrive

[Darius Cardren]

if the odds are it's broken anyways, it nat be a learning experince to
carefully pull it apart and try ot fix it (if your skills w/ a 
soldering iron, and otehr smell electronic tools aren't bad), if you
do please photo document it for the group ;)

On Apr 9, 2005 12:03 AM, A. McCullough <groupsfan at comcast.net> wrote:
>  
> Not sure if you can... these things have a capacitor in them that holds the
> data on the chip. Eventually, the capacitor dies... and probably, your data
> with 'em. They're not designed for long-term storage, unfortunately. I've
> heard of three separate instances where they just quit after a while. I love
> mine but I'm well aware that sooner or later it'll become nothing more than
> a key fob. 
>   
> Anyone else know more about 'em? 
>   
> Out of lurk mode temporarily :) 
> Anna 
>   
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Doug Green 
> To: user list 
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:32 PM 
> Subject: [wplug] OT- Jumpdrive 
> 
> Hey all-
> I've got a defunked Lexar Jumpdrive. Plugging it in does nada- no flashy
> light on the drive, computers don't recognize it at all- regardless of OS,
> this thing just stopped working. Any ideas? Bad contact? If so, any ideas on
> how to fix it and recover my data??
> Thanks,
> Doug
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Ben Beige
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