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 Post subject: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 8th, 2018, 11:53 
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Hey!

After a short discussion on reddit a user kindly forwarded me to this forum.

I crushed my USB stick after a bycicle crash. The chip has a small crack and starts to overheat as soon as I plug it into a USB.

Even if I'm not very confident to recover any data successfully, I'm just getting curious how to perfom a pinout on such a chip. I own a beginner SMD station and just started with SMD in general.

So there are a couple of questions:

1. Is there any specific term for this type of piggyback / monolithic all-in-one device? First, I was pretty sure I just found the USB-Male adapter. Persons on reddit confirmed that this is a kind of all-in-one-design, with the PCB directly on the chip.

2. Considering the overheating issue: Is this an clear indication that the chip is garbage or could it be that "just" the pcb/controller is broken?

3. Considering the process of pinning-out: How do I proceed? Should I remove the USB connector and restore the blank BGA under hot air?

4. I tried to google the specification on the chip; however I had no luck, what are good resources. Are there any other resources to identify the chip?

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 8th, 2018, 18:25 
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knox239 wrote:
I crushed my USB stick after a bycicle crash.

Oh, the irony!

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 8th, 2018, 22:20 
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You *could* take it to a professional, but from the picture, it seems it is dead. Or after hearing the price of the recovery, you will decide the chip is dead. :D


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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 9th, 2018, 2:50 
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If chip heats after connection usually it means recovery not possible (internal short or broken crystal inside).

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 9th, 2018, 7:29 
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+1 agree

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 9th, 2018, 12:04 
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Well,
Crystal is broken ,Nothing can be done ,This pendrive is EOL "End of Life " .

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 10th, 2018, 20:05 
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Amarbir[CDR-Labs] wrote:
Nothing can be done
?? Superglue ??

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 10th, 2018, 20:09 
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jeremyb wrote:
?? Superglue ??

Have some feeling for the client pain :(

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 11th, 2018, 0:17 
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knox239 wrote:
I crushed my USB stick after a bycicle crash.

ddrecovery wrote:
Have some feeling for the client pain :(


Ouch

These small USB 3.0 UFD's look more like a MicroSD card inside...

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PostPosted: July 11th, 2018, 2:20 
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ddrecovery wrote:
Have some feeling for the client pain :(

Speaking of pain, I hope there were no serious personal injuries.

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 Post subject: Re: Flash Recovery
PostPosted: July 13th, 2018, 2:40 
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USB can recognize chip, and you can ask some expertise for advice or look through some related books.


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