lexar 256GB flash drive repair part 1

[@KonstantinosAngelis]

Jesus man! Regardless of the outcome, the amount of precision and patience this line of work requires seems to be equivalent to that of a surgeon....

[@gurhanbayr5080]

dear erkin , it is really a fascinating video. It reminded me my younger days where i could see even the tiniest components on boards and make repairs. Electronics is magic, any electronic repair proffesional should say that they are magicians. It is a job where you can only visualize and create a logic for on/off route the unseen on pathways to do a certain job that is required, and that is something magical. In your video you have demonstrated one of the best examples of this magic. Keep the good work my friend. Regards from Istanbul.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks Gurhan! Your comments are always appreciated

[@mhavock]

Yes, the donor baord is the easiest way to go if u can not find the faulty component on the customer board. Also, if you have an oscilloscope, u can leave the nand off the board and test if the controller is sending signals to the nand, or even if the nand is getting power.

[@argee99]

Years and years and years of experience given to us for free. Thank you...

[@rangah1452]

Hi Erkin, Thanks a lot for this kind of long videos, because you showing every single thing what you doing. So there are lot of things to learn from it to students like me. Especially in this video, you are not going to pc3000.Thats good point for me because without pc3000 or other tools means its pure engineering way.I like it and waiting for second episode too.Thank you again.

[@Q36BN]

waiting for second part😊 fingers crossed for good recovery

[@hddrecoveryservices]

It should be

[@sdrammm696969]

Love your videos!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Glad you like them!

[@KevinSolway]

A good reason to use smaller capacity drives. Easier to fix, and less data potentially lost.

[@awilliams1701]

they don't really sell smaller ones these days. lol

[@KevinSolway]

@@awilliams1701 I remember buying my first 1GB hard drive. It was huge at the time.

[@awilliams1701]

@@KevinSolway same. It was super expensive for me....and it died after 6 months. But it was under warranty and they gave me a 2gb at no extra charge. I did loose a lot though. I think I was 14 maybe.

[@KevinSolway]

@@awilliams1701 My 1GB hard drive had 500MB in bad sectors, but I needed to use it. When I had filled-up 500MB I claimed a new one on warranty, and received a 3GB drive.

[@janaboy82]

Hey, amazing job. I recommend to check some Northridgefix videos. He talks about a lot how to remove the glare under microscope, also how he make new pads :)

[@falahalfalah6848]

good day, and thanks for the great tips and tricks and very nice videos, i just started watching a couple of days ago, and i have a question if you don't mind. i have one 2TB seagate barracuda 3.5 disk that stopped working and i believe its a head issue. do i need to purchase a donor hdd with the same capacity and brand name and swap the heads and that will resolve the issue ? or do i need to do more ? thanks in advance for your support and prompt reply. all the best

[@cloud9photography126]

why did you need to hook it up to pc3000? if you re establish the connections via wires, and you don't use a different controller chip, you should just be able to plug it into the pc and it just shows up

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I did not hook it up to PC3000

[@АндрійМлинко]

Друже, ти крутий💪🔥

[@bok..]

Cool i didn't know you were in Ottawa

[@ArunGupta-uj1cs]

You have very stable hands... I'd be all over the place..😅😅😅 good informative video as always

[@hddrecoveryservices]

hands need to be planted on the bench for support. :)

[@inamhassan1025]

i always thought that data recovery may be done via tools in linux but i don't see linux anywhere as all companies make their tools whoose drivers are propitary and easily installable on windows

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Since 2005 I used Linux 0 times :)

[@blouplastik]

Love the dead bug style🙃 , its really unfortunate that it didn't work ,you find a solution😉,i seen you also own the 3 big players around data recovery (pc3000,flashextractor,rusolut),i dont see you using rusolut often ? , maybe future video idea ? , anyway realy like your video's and the effort you do making them.

[@ZomB1986]

You know why it didn't work!? 17:58 He's connecting pin 33 to pad 48 for everyone to see. Erkin if you're reading this, did you fix the wire ordering on your second attempt?

[@pcsbuffalo]

I actually have a case at the moment on a 256GB Lexar S80 that shows up as "SMI USB MEMORY BAR USB Device" , gets a drive letter but no data. I suspect the controller to be faulty (SM3281L) and I don't have any in stock. I ordered an identical S80 off Amazon and ended up being a totally different board. One I have was made in Taiwan and the one I received was made in China. I checked on eBay and found a 128GB one made in Taiwan and I'm hoping this one would have the correct controller. Do you suggest moving the new controller to the existing thumb drive or do you think it's best to move both NAND chips to the new thumb drive? (hoping the new thumb drive has pads on the other side for the 2nd NAND chip).

[@hddrecoveryservices]

If you getting SMI USB Memory Bar device then the controller is fine. You have a broken connection between controller and the NAND. Maybe controller is not fully connected to the board, or the NAND is not connected to the board. SMI USB Memory Bar indicates that the controller is detected by USB, and your device is in the SAFE MODE

[@it-sd]

I wonder how many chiplets will make up the 256GB NAND…4x64GB, 8x32GB?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

8 CE in this one so 32GB each

[@it-sd]

Wow. 8 Chiplet layers inside the chip, and 8 dump files. Sounds like a lot of time running ECC. I hope your initial reads go well. It’ll be interesting to see the data transformation graph used to produce the results. Best of luck!

[@OldePhart]

I wish you could just once tell us how much this case costs to get done. I mean its gotta be many hundreds of dollars or even much more. The hours spent is just crazy.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

You are not far off :) however, this attempt does not add any cost on top of chipoff that is now in progress

[@OldePhart]

@@hddrecoveryservices because the chip off is already pretty costly? (and rightfully so) . I want to get a quote just to know, Folks would treat these with so much more respect if they knew what recovery costs. :)

[@geokaisa]

2 things. i am damn curious to find out if this was money worth it and b) the software use to recover data especially from hdds... congrats though. really nice

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I will save this comment for next Q&A, OK? maybe next Monday it will be posted. I will explain in depth both questions

[@JoselitoBellido]

Updates about this case?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

They are on the way :)

[@accidentalgenius1930]

Hi... can we ship the hard disk from overseas to your company for data recovery service?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

yep, contact us here: www.hddrecovery.ca/contact-us

[@levitated-pit]

surgeon hands

[@hddrecoveryservices]

thanks Richard!

[@sighpocket5]

Nice!!!!!!!!

[@awilliams1701]

If I couldn't get a donor I would have just gone for chip off. I realize it's not ideal, but that kind of crazy soldering with a high risk of getting nothing doesn't sound like fun. lol

[@hddrecoveryservices]

It was worth the risk. If it worked, and I have done repairs with wire matchup to controller here on this channel, it would have saved me days of chip-off work.

[@awilliams1701]

@@hddrecoveryservices i knew it took longer. I didnt know it took that long.

[@mhavock]

Yes, I see some places sell controller boards meant to use recycled NAND chips. They even have some pin test pads that on the edges of the were the chip goes (not under the chip).

[@DiskTuna]

Aggh! Bummer!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I'll get it done next week

[@ShanVijay007]

Is possible to recover bitlocker drive without password and recovery key sir ??

[@hddrecoveryservices]

maybe.

[@tristankordek]

👍

[@hddrecoveryservices]

thanks for binging my videos Tristan, I hope you enjoy them!

[@tristankordek]

@@hddrecoveryservices I really like your channel, you make great content. THX

[@labosalam1634]

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[@Alan_Skywalker]

Should buy a lot of empty PCBAs from China to make these repairs easier.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I already have thousands :)

[@MrOrangeman18]

Just if you could we would all Do this

[@lynwoodjones]

🤗

[@dimassskin]

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[@hddrecoveryservices]

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[@dimassskin]

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[@labosalam1634]

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[@labosalam1634]

Broooo I like your work and I live in Morocco North Africa. I have a problem with a card SD can you reduce the bill for me? plzzzzzzzzz broo small business