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Thumb Drive Failure

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agentK

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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
 
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.
 
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!
 
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.
 
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