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yotta · 01-06-2010, 01:52 AM

Cut the drive open an re-solder the USB connector. It's almost certainly a bad solder joint that's worked itself loose. If you don't know how to solder or don't have an iron, you can probably find someone via craigslist to do it for $20-30 or so, especially if you live near a college. If it's not just the USB connector, the next step would be to buy an identical flash drive and swap the memory chip onto it. This will require surface mount soldering and you should pay someone experienced to do it for you ($50 would be a generous offer to do that).

01-06-2010, 01:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
yotta Irresponsible	Cut the drive open an re-solder the USB connector. It's almost certainly a bad solder joint that's worked itself loose. If you don't know how to solder or don't have an iron, you can probably find someone via craigslist to do it for $20-30 or so, especially if you live near a college. If it's not just the USB connector, the next step would be to buy an identical flash drive and swap the memory chip onto it. This will require surface mount soldering and you should pay someone experienced to do it for you ($50 would be a generous offer to do that). __________________ I am Jack's signature.