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On Friday 04 Jan 2013 16:48:41 Michael Mol wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to have |
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> > locked itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and purposes I |
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> > cannot write to it in any conceivable way. |
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> > |
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> > I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros into /dev/sdb1, |
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> > /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the partition table, but |
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> > nothing seems to work. |
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> > |
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> > /dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to delete/format/overwrite |
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> > it. |
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> > |
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> > Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash |
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> > chip to make it work again? |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Mick |
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> |
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> Was it a drive with U3 on it? If so, there are tools you might use, |
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> but I can't remember their name. |
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> |
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3 |
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No, it's a normal USB flash stick: |
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Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1307:0163 Transcend Information, Inc. 256MB/512MB/1GB |
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Flash Drive |
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Device Descriptor: |
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bLength 18 |
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bDescriptorType 1 |
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bcdUSB 2.00 |
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bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) |
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bDeviceSubClass 0 |
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bDeviceProtocol 0 |
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bMaxPacketSize0 64 |
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idVendor 0x1307 Transcend Information, Inc. |
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idProduct 0x0163 256MB/512MB/1GB Flash Drive |
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bcdDevice 1.00 |
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iManufacturer 1 USBest Technology |
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iProduct 2 USB Mass Storage Device |
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iSerial 3 08032204c2f5fd |
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bNumConfigurations 1 |
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Configuration Descriptor: |
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bLength 9 |
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bDescriptorType 2 |
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wTotalLength 39 |
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bNumInterfaces 1 |
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bConfigurationValue 1 |
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iConfiguration 0 |
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bmAttributes 0x80 |
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(Bus Powered) |
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MaxPower 80mA |
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Interface Descriptor: |
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bLength 9 |
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bDescriptorType 4 |
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bInterfaceNumber 0 |
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bAlternateSetting 0 |
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bNumEndpoints 3 |
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bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage |
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bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI |
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bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk-Only |
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iInterface 0 |
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Endpoint Descriptor: |
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bLength 7 |
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bDescriptorType 5 |
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bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT |
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bmAttributes 2 |
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Transfer Type Bulk |
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Synch Type None |
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Usage Type Data |
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wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes |
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bInterval 1 |
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Endpoint Descriptor: |
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bLength 7 |
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bDescriptorType 5 |
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bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN |
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bmAttributes 2 |
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Transfer Type Bulk |
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Synch Type None |
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Usage Type Data |
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wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes |
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bInterval 1 |
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Endpoint Descriptor: |
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bLength 7 |
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bDescriptorType 5 |
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bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN |
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bmAttributes 3 |
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Transfer Type Interrupt |
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Synch Type None |
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Usage Type Data |
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wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes |
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bInterval 8 |
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Device Qualifier (for other device speed): |
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bLength 10 |
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bDescriptorType 6 |
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bcdUSB 2.00 |
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bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) |
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bDeviceSubClass 0 |
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bDeviceProtocol 0 |
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bMaxPacketSize0 64 |
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bNumConfigurations 1 |
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Device Status: 0x000a |
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(Bus Powered) |
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Remote Wakeup Enabled |
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Is there some cryptic hdparm command I could run on it to reset it? I mean, |
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it's bricked as is anyway, so it can't get *much* worse. |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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