Thumb Drive Failure

[agentK]

Hi guys! Just wanted to know... is there anyway of repairing a thumb drive? I have a Lexar Traveller Jumpdrive 1gb and just this morning, would not light up and be recognized by any pc i plug it into.
This is the second thumbdrive in 2 years. Am i unlucky or is it the going rate of these things? My first was a Transcend 128mb.
Would appreciate your ideas. Thanks in advance.

Ken

 

[bdww00]

umm rma it! maybe u use them past their recommended life uses or w/e

 

[Jolt2]

I just sent in my Lexar Jump Drive Pro. Same problem as you are having. The warranty is for two years on my drive and it fail after about a year and a half. The RMA took about 4 weeks turn around time so do not look at getting one back from Lexar right away. Lexar did upgrade my 256Mb flash drive from a 40x to an 80x speed but the wait was horriable. I almost had to buy another drive to hold me over but went back to burning CD's to transfer stuff till the new flash drive showed up.

 

[agentK]

So it can't be repaired, huh? Was about to chuck it in the trash as i thought it was a goner anyway. Will give RMA a shot. Thanks guys!

 

[phisrow]

If the problem is mechanical(dodgey connector) you can probably replace it; but anything else is really edging into the land of nanoscale mystery, where if you have to ask, you shouldn't be playing. Particularly if you have a warranty still, make it the manufacturer's problem.