All right! The Rev. Dude rules....
Guy stuff don't fade just because you're older!
Yeah, my hands ain't so steady now either.
LOL
Bart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] USB Flash drive
Well I got a chance to try out my fix to transfer the data.
IT WORKED!
I bought a cheap USB HUB at Walmart. Took the cover off, and snipped off
the wires (saved me from having to cut a perfectly good cord, plus price
was the same)
Took the reinforced end off, and peeled back the cover of the wire. Bought
some longer Steel stick pins (I had thought of using the original
contacts, but too short and almost impossible to solder back on!)
Bent different pins at different angles so that they would not touch!
(after of course tracing and figuring out which color went where.) Had to
use my hemostats to attach one wire as I could not get a stick pin to
solder at one contact point.)
Had wife hold memory card, attached the cord to a USB extension cord and
immediately (well almost) it started to install the memory card.
Had one glitch and had to start over. (had to be very still) Got every
thing transferred.
As soon as it was done, I had wife detach cord, and then allowed myself
breath!
Now it was simple to transfer it to a new memory stick and bagged the old
one.
$20.00 for a new memory stick and whatever I can get out of him for time,
trouble and materials. (For what they charge for drive recovery My price
will seem low.)
Would I want to do it again NO! My fingers are not as steady as they used
to be, and I do not have a proper work bench with the proper light. (I
need one of those magnifying lights! with clips!)
Stewart
At 10:30 PM 5/4/2007, you wrote:
If you heat that chip up, there is a chance you may wipe the memory... I
am not sure but I would think twice about soldering directly...
Have you thought about holding probes firmly to the contacts while someone
else salvages the data?
db
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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