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It so happened that my favorite shockproof flash drive with a capacity of 4 gigabytes stopped working. And no specialized utilities could restore it.
 

I really liked the design of this flash drive. I spent a lot of time looking in stores exactly the same, but to no avail. But while I was running around the shops, I had the idea to transfer the insides from another flash drive to my dead body. When I returned home, the first thing I took apart my dead flash drive and appreciated the features of mounting its board in the case. Assessing the situation, I concluded that the board from a conventional retractable flash drive can fit in this case. Immediately, a donor was purchased, which turned out to be a transcend flash drive with a capacity of 8 gigabytes.


Having disassembled a new USB flash drive, I unsoldered the USB connector from its board and installed it in a new case. It fit, and there was little space left. Trying on to this place, I cut off a part with a USB connector from the board of the old flash drive using metal scissors. Gently soldering the wires of the USB connectors of the old flash drive with the pads of the board of the new flash drive, I received the following contraction:


It remains only to check and collect everything. Carefully inserting the fragile design into the computer, I heard from the speakers the familiar sound of connecting a new device. The flash drive was determined and opened, which means that I did not damage anything and everything was soldered correctly. After that, everything was neatly packed into the case and assembled. Such an operation can be done with many flash drives. Many manufacturers have the same type of case, and in many cases they don’t even have to solder anything., And in some cases it’s also necessary to glue the case. The main thing is to carefully disassemble and assemble everything, without confusing anything. That's how I got a flash drive with a capacity of 8 gigabytes in my favorite case with the inscription 4 GB. Only my friends were interested for some time how I increased the volume of my flash drive.


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Comments (6)
  1. zone
    #1 zone Guests October 28, 2011 21:08
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    I did this a dozen times poor
  2. Ironman
    #2 Ironman Guests November 12, 2011 19:44
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    And from yusbi charging you can make a flash drive
  3. self-taught
    #3 self-taught Guests June 12, 2012 09:17
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    [b] IronMan [/ b],
    Great idea! Of course, it is possible only if you manage to make a hidden flash drive in the bowels of the charge, and connect the power to the network and transmit information through the cable. Using in it only an information network of 2 central postings in particular, it is white and green. In this case, it turns out a universal memory unit that is not possible to use separately, without an outlet or without a computer. And store in it notepads of login passwords, to all sites, which is very reliable! no one will be able to use it except you! Even if the unit remains connected only to the computer, it will not work without power. Until plugged into a power outlet. The output jack is either from a flash drive or from mini-usb, decide for yourself!
  4. Deni
    #4 Deni Guests January 3, 2014 11:21 p.m.
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    Ha, I wonder how to repair flash drives with a dead controller.And USB does not need to solder a lot of mind.
  5. Leonty
    #5 Leonty Guests May 9, 2014 00:42
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    very interesting
  6. N1tro
    #6 N1tro Guests August 22, 2017 09:48
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    Thanks to the author for a useful article, you get used to the medium and are very disappointed when it becomes malfunctioning.

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