USB flash Repair ?

[lstratos]

The drive is good, the outside housing is falling apart.. is there some generic enclosure that i can throw this in.. besides making my own ? ie lego usb drive ? lmk.. thanks..

 

[FishAk]

USB flash drives are built and priced to be disposable. I'm not sure about finding an enclosure, but unless this is a very high capacity drive, it seems it would be cheaper to simply replace it.

 

[Zap]

Super glue?

 

[lstratos]

yeah its an ocz 64.. should have gotten the corsair with the big rubber tube... i guess ill do the lego thing when i got time..

 

[VirtualLarry]

heatshrink tubing?

 

[Gillbot]

duct tape

 

[Modelworks]

Buy a cheap bar of wax or soap. Use a knife to carve out the shape you want for the new drive. Next buy some loctite quick set epoxy. This is important. It needs to be quick set , 5 minute or less epoxy. Epoxy generates heat when it cures and those temps can be pretty high so you want to keep it as short as possible to keep from damaging the drives.

Put some epoxy in the bottom of your carved out bar. Place the drive inside making sure not to epoxy over the usb connector. Fill the epoxy almost to the top of the mold covering the drive.

After about 10 minutes it will be better than it was. The wax/soap can easily be removed if any sticks.

 

[Zap]

Heh, that's a pretty good idea, Modelworks.