[ale] USB thumb drive recovery

[Jeff Hubbs]

On 7/25/11 11:48 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> get another just like it 
That was a long shot but achieved WIN nevertheless, at Office Depot last 
night.  At least they're superficially the same; disassembly will tell.
> and move the data chips over with a SMD resoldering rig.
Turns out there are techniques and goodies that make this do-able 
without highly specialized tools; YouTube is full of demonstrations.
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net 
> <mailto:jhubbslist at att.net>> wrote:
>
>     Got a thumb drive here whose existence doesn't even get
>     acknowledged by
>     Windows or OS X - plug it into Linux and I see the likes of:
>
>     [3640680.025026] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: GetStatus
>     roothub.portstatus [0]
>     = 0x00100103 PRSC PPS PES CCS
>     [3640680.076032] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and
>     address 10
>     [3640680.077079] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: urb ffff880076850180 path 1
>     ep0out 5ec20000 cc 5 --> status -62
>     [3640680.278077] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: urb ffff880076850180 path 1
>     ep0out 5ec20000 cc 5 --> status -62
>     [3640680.479042] usb 1-1: device not accepting address 10, error -62
>     [3640680.541034] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: GetStatus
>     roothub.portstatus [0]
>     = 0x00100103 PRSC PPS PES CCS
>     [3640680.592032] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and
>     address 11
>     [3640680.593068] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: urb ffff880076850180 path 1
>     ep0out 5ec20000 cc 5 --> status -62
>     [3640680.794066] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: urb ffff880076850180 path 1
>     ep0out 5ec20000 cc 5 --> status -62
>     [3640680.995049] usb 1-1: device not accepting address 11, error -62
>     [3640680.995081] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
>     [3640680.995092] hub 1-0:1.0: state 7 ports 2 chg 0000 evt 0002
>
>     I know this suggests a bad controller chip - the LED on the thumb
>     drive
>     never comes on.  I've tried taking it out of its enclosure, pressing
>     down on all the little SMD components, plugging it in while
>     flexing the
>     PC board this way and that - no change.
>
>     I've got a quote of $200-1000 from a place that wouldn't be able to
>     unsolder/resolder SMD chips locally (which makes me think it
>     wouldn't be
>     any $200 when all is said and done) - anyone know any other options?
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