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It's been my understanding that it's not the memory itself that usually
fails on these, or even some physical component of the board or the usb
connector, but rather the associated circuitry, caps, controllers, etc
that take a bit of ESD or whatnot and fry. I.e., the data is probably
recoverable if someone were willing to diag and fix the problem.
Joseph Ondrus wrote:
>From working at BBY, the only failures we have seen are due to
physical damage and people want their data off . The USB connector is
usually either missing or brought in separately from the drive. I am
fairly certain that Cruser's (another brand) have a lifetime warranty
on them so the company doesn't expect them to be failing.
My boss explained to me why (at an electrical level) non-volatile
memory (I guess volatile as well) can fail. I'll see if I can't pick
his brain when I work tonight.
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