[ale] USB thumb drive recovery

[Jim Kinney]

get another just like it and move the data chips over with a SMD resoldering
rig.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Jeff Hubbs <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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