Well, my pen drive has got so hot in a PC (after being in there for about 50 mins) that the outer casing has melted (Pics to follow) - now when i plug it in it doesnt work. What can i do? If anything!
Ahhhh! Pen Drive has MELTED!!!
Buy a new one?
Yes - i gathered that, i meant is there any way to fix it (proabably not!) or recover the data? im slightly pissed that it melted in normal use!
First, how in the world did it melt? Second, there must have been a problem if it got so hot in such a short amount of time.
Mine is constantly plugged in and nothing happens to it. Doesn't even get warm. Maybe you had a bad one from the factory.
Mine is constantly plugged in and nothing happens to it. Doesn't even get warm. Maybe you had a bad one from the factory.
Must have been faulty to melt itself, get another one under warranty? Mines pluged in most the time that I'm not playing music on it, no faults to report.
Maybe you could remove the circuit from the housing and see whats wrong with it, but in all honesty its probably not going to go anywhere, you keep backups right? :P
Edit: Just a thought, mine internally uses a removable SD card so if mine failed I could stick it in another one to recover the data, perhaps yours is the same?
Maybe you could remove the circuit from the housing and see whats wrong with it, but in all honesty its probably not going to go anywhere, you keep backups right? :P
Edit: Just a thought, mine internally uses a removable SD card so if mine failed I could stick it in another one to recover the data, perhaps yours is the same?
Applying a hammer to the molten area might fix the problem. Or maybe not.
it always used to get a little toasty - but never this hot! i was using it in a cool-ish room, and it wasn't in use (just plugged in!) and the bottom has a great big indent, the top has kind of morphed a bit - i can't post pics (im at school atm) - but when i get home i will.
I was always worried about how it ran quite hot compared to my others (in fact after hours of heavy use it was uncomfortable to hold it by the USB port, but it never got so hot that it could melt the outer casing!
i lost the lid, but i religiously clean the end out with a puff before putting it in, it lives in a not too dirty shirt pocket - alas no lights come on any more when i plug it in
Seems screwed, i think i have backups, but now im a pen drive down through what appears to be a manufactorial defect - what should i do?
I was always worried about how it ran quite hot compared to my others (in fact after hours of heavy use it was uncomfortable to hold it by the USB port, but it never got so hot that it could melt the outer casing!
i lost the lid, but i religiously clean the end out with a puff before putting it in, it lives in a not too dirty shirt pocket - alas no lights come on any more when i plug it in
Seems screwed, i think i have backups, but now im a pen drive down through what appears to be a manufactorial defect - what should i do?
I'd light it and stick it back into the pc then claim reperance or whatever and get the big bucks. School pc = all good and you get some mad money.
If it has melted, then certainly temperature has been over specified range of memory chip that is inside, so memory chip is destroyed with all data it contained being wiped out to bit heaven.
I really doubt there is nothing to be done to save data.
I really doubt there is nothing to be done to save data.
If the data is the issue - try heating it up again, plugging it in and see if it works for enough time to get the data off it.
If the money is the issue - warranty, get it replaced.
If you're a ruthless individual - find someone that has one that looks like it and swap his for the one you got when they're not looking.
If you like acting it up - claim irrepairable psychological trauma on the sight of molten plastic due to a horrific childhood experience and sue.
something shorted.
http://www.Jakg.com/Melted Stick
The pc that did it wasnt mine, but ill test it tommorow and see if heats up my other stick (if so i can blame the school and perhaps get some compensation for it)
And to those doubters, here are some pics
(The casing fell off when i took of the strap - so you get a shot of the chip, too!)
The "see through" bit is where the chip (the black part - i presume the memory controller) was, which got bloody hot, and melted the plastic, do a point where it is transluctent.
If the site goes down, sorry, but i only have a small amount of bandwidth!
The pc that did it wasnt mine, but ill test it tommorow and see if heats up my other stick (if so i can blame the school and perhaps get some compensation for it)
And to those doubters, here are some pics
(The casing fell off when i took of the strap - so you get a shot of the chip, too!)
The "see through" bit is where the chip (the black part - i presume the memory controller) was, which got bloody hot, and melted the plastic, do a point where it is transluctent.
If the site goes down, sorry, but i only have a small amount of bandwidth!
my dads once stopped workin. it got axed. literally. in lots of peices. we have an old-fashioned outlook on technology to say the least.
Help! I have a memory stick, which has just died! I have no back ups *gets slapped* which is why I am in serious sh*t.
I NEED it to work again. It didn't overheat or anything, just that when I plug it in now, NOTHING happens!
illepall
I NEED it to work again. It didn't overheat or anything, just that when I plug it in now, NOTHING happens!
illepall I backed stuff up luckily - tried a different pc? if its valuable you can recover it by paying a lot of money, but if its too much you can cut the chip off and solder it on an identical pen drive and it "should" work
Yeah i've tried several PC's. I can't understand how its just dead. The LED doesn't flash or anything anymore.
As for the suggestions, hmmm thats sounds a bit difficult and anyway i've lost nothing really really important, i'm just lazy, and don't want to have to do everything all over again.
blow on the end perhaps?
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[sarcasm] Wow, thanks for that. I can't believe that i'd never thought of that! It works now, you're a star.
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Sorry 
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That is definately NOT normal and you should call them and tell them what happened, if they don't refund your money then you could convice them that it was dangerous and could have seriously burnt you or hurt the computer. There is no way a ?USB stick? should get that hot, must have been messed up inside and was programmed to recieve all the power available by accident?
Or then that computer's USB had bit more than 5 Volts, but certainly not normal. I find it rather odd that stick could get so much current from computer that it could create such heat, USB is not rated for very big currents and I doubt those are enough to create so much heat.
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